Relational lives, relational selves: Assisted reproduction and the impact on grandparents

Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction: Families, Origins and Identities

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 296-311

  Nordqvist, Petra ^a   Smart, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84954111057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139814737     Document Type: Chapter

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