Family relationships in gay father families with young children in Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom

Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction: Families, Origins and Identities

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 192-211

  Smietana, Marcin ^a   Jennings, Sarah ^b   Herbrand, Cathy ^c   Golombok, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904675284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139814737     Document Type: Chapter

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