Cross-border reproductive care for law evasion: A qualitative study into the experiences and moral perspectives of French women who go to Belgium for treatment with donor sperm

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 391-397

  Van Hoof, Wannes ^a   Pennings, Guido ^a   De Sutter, Petra ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; France; Lesbian; Reproductive tourism; Single mothers; Sperm donation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LEGAL SYSTEM; MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BORDER REPRODUCTIVE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LAW; LEGAL GUARDIAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPERM DONOR; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LESBIANISM; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

BELGIUM; FRANCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BELGIUM; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPERM BANKS;

EID: 84920277801     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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