Ambivalent identities of single women using sperm donation

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 97-123

  Zadeb, Sophie ^a   Freeman, Tabitha ^a   Golombok, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Assisted reproduction; Identity; Single motherhood; Social representations; Sperm donation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891140831     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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