Breaking the ice: Young feminist scholars of reproductive politics reflect on egg freezing

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 236-247

  Cattapan, Alana ^a   Hammond, Kathleen ^b   Haw, Jennie ^a   Tarasoff, Lesley A ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84908476484     PISSN: 19374585     EISSN: 19374577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/ijfab.7.2.0236     Document Type: Review

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