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Blyth, Eric; Langdridge, Darren and Harris, Rhonda
(2010).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02646830903295018
Abstract
This paper presents the findings of a qualitative investigation of the experience of parents in the UK who have built their families through donor conception and have told their children about their origins. Key themes identified in the study include parental motivation for disclosure, the relationship between telling the child and telling others, the importance of the 'seed-planting' strategy for telling children, and 'ownership' of information about the child's conception. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the research findings for encouraging parental disclosure of donor conception as advocated in the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
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- Item ORO ID
- 24276
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0264-6838
- Keywords
- assisted reproduction; qualitative methods; infertility; psychosocial factors
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Copyright Holders
- © 2010 Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology
- Depositing User
- Darren Langdridge