Female-partnered and single women's contact motivations and experiences with donor-linked families

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1375-1385

  Goldberg, A E ^a   Scheib, J E ^b,c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Sperm Bank of California   (United States)

Author keywords

donor linking registry; gamete donation; information sharing; lesbian mothers; single mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY; SIBLING; SINGLE WOMAN; SPERM DONOR; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84939633293     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev077     Document Type: Article

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