Family building using donated gametes and embryos in the UK: Recommendations for policy and practice on behalf of the British Infertility Counselling Association and the British Fertility Society in collaboration with the Association of Clinical Embryologists and the Royal College of Nurses Fertility Nurses Forum

Human Fertility

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Wilde, Ruth ^a   McTavish, Alison ^b   Crawshaw, Marilyn ^c  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor conception parents; Donor conception register; Donor linking; Donor conceived adults; Donors

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO CELL; FAMILY PLANNING; GAMETE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; SPERM DONOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNRELATED DONORS;

ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSES; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84895466093     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2013.862041     Document Type: Article

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