The changing profile of surrogacy in the UK - Implications for national and international policy and practice

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-277

  Crawshaw, Marilyn ^c   Blyth, Eric ^a   van den Akker, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

birth registration; cross border reproductive care, gay parents; overseas surrogacy; parental orders; surrogacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900405416     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649069.2012.750478     Document Type: Article

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