Donor, dad, or...? Young adults with Lesbian parents' experiences with known donors

Family Process

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-350

  Goldberg, Abbie E ^a   Allen, Katherine R ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fatherhood; Known Donors; Lesbian Parents; Young Adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DONOR; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LESBIANISM; MALE; PARENT; SPERM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; SEMEN; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879166122     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12029     Document Type: Article

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