The drive for openness in donor conception: Disclosure and the trouble with real life

International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 321-338

  Nordqvist, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84936096420     PISSN: 13609939     EISSN: 14643707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/lawfam/ebu010     Document Type: Article

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