Disclosure of donor conception in the era of non-anonymity: Safeguarding and promoting the interests of donor-conceived individuals?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2416-2420

  Zadeh, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anonymity; disclosure; donor conception; gamete donation; identifiability

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ASSERTIVENESS; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCEPTION; EXPECTATION; FERTILITY; GAMETE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DONOR; DONOR CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HETEROLOGOUS ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

DONOR CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; TISSUE DONORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84996526280     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew240     Document Type: Review

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