Satisfaction with known, open-identity, or unknown sperm donors: Reports from lesbian mothers of 17-year-old adolescents

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 242-248

  Gartrell, Nanette K ^a,b   Bos, Henny ^b   Goldberg, Naomi G ^c   Deck, Amalia ^d   Van Rijn van Gelderen, Loes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Movement Advancement Project   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; Known sperm donor; Lesbian mothers; Open identity sperm donor; Unknown sperm donor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPERM DONOR; STATE TRAIT PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFORMED CONSENT; LESBIANISM; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84924627487     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.09.019     Document Type: Article

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