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Semen donors: Their motivations and attitudes to their offspring

Ken R. Daniels Dip. SOC. Stu., Dip. App. SOC. Stu., M.A. Department of Social Work, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1, New Zealand
Pages 121-127 | Published online: 11 Dec 2007

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Stephen Whyte. (2019) Clinical vs. exclusively online sperm donors: what’s the difference?. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 37:1, pages 3-12.
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Eric Blyth, Marilyn Crawshaw, Lucy Frith & Olga van den Akker. (2017) Gamete donors’ reasons for, and expectations and experiences of, registration with a voluntary donor linking register. Human Fertility 20:4, pages 268-278.
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Sebastian Mohr. (2014) Beyond motivation: on what it means to be a sperm donor in Denmark. Anthropology & Medicine 21:2, pages 162-173.
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Jennifer M. Speirs. (2012) Semen donors’ curiosity about donor offspring and the barriers to their knowing. Human Fertility 15:2, pages 89-93.
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H. E. Onah, T. A. Agbata & S. N. Obi. (2008) Attitude to sperm donation among medical students in Enugu, South-Eastern Nigeria. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 28:1, pages 96-99.
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Maggie Kirkman . (2004) Saviours and satyrs: ambivalence in narrative meanings of sperm provision . Culture, Health & Sexuality 6:4, pages 319-334.
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R.J. Edelmann. (2004) Surrogacy: the psychological issues. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 22:2, pages 123-136.
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Iain Walker & Pia Broderick. (1999) Challenges to the reproduction of misunderstanding. Australian Psychologist 34:3, pages 221-228.
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Ken Daniels. (1999) The psychology of assisted reproduction — or psychology assisting its reproduction? a response. Australian Psychologist 34:3, pages 211-215.
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Iain Walker & Pia Broderick. (1999) The psychology of assisted reproduction — or psychology assisting its reproduction?. Australian Psychologist 34:1, pages 38-44.
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Eleonora Bielawska-batorowicz. (1994) Artificial insemination by donor—an investigation of recipient couples' viewpoints. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 12:2, pages 123-126.
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Ken R. Daniels. (1991) Relationships between Semen Donors and their Networks. Australian Social Work 44:1, pages 29-35.
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Stephen Whyte, Ho Fai Chan, Nikita Ferguson, Megan Godwin, Karin Hammarberg & Benno Torgler. (2022) Understanding the Reasons Why Men and Women Do Not Donate Gametes. Reproductive Sciences 30:5, pages 1651-1659.
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Ken Daniels. 2020. Assistierte Reproduktion mit Hilfe Dritter. Assistierte Reproduktion mit Hilfe Dritter 443 459 .
M. Kirkman, K. Bourne, J. Fisher, L. Johnson & K. Hammarberg. (2014) Gamete donors' expectations and experiences of contact with their donor offspring. Human Reproduction 29:4, pages 731-738.
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U. Van den Broeck, M. Vandermeeren, D. Vanderschueren, P. Enzlin, K. Demyttenaere & T. D'Hooghe. (2013) A systematic review of sperm donors: demographic characteristics, attitudes, motives and experiences of the process of sperm donation. Human Reproduction Update 19:1, pages 37-51.
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. 2011. The International Trafficking of Human Organs. The International Trafficking of Human Organs 173 190 .
K. Daniels, V. Feyles, J. Nisker, M. Perez-y-Perez, C. Newton, J.A. Parker, F. Tekpetey & J. Haase. (2006) Sperm Donation: Implications of Canada’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2004 for Recipients, Donors, Health Professionals, and Institutions. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 28:7, pages 608-615.
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Olga van den Akker. (2006) A review of family donor constructs: Current research and future directions. Human Reproduction Update 12:2, pages 91-101.
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Eric Blyth, Marilyn Crawshaw & Ken Daniels. (2004) Policy formation in gamete donation and egg sharing in the UK—a critical appraisal. Social Science & Medicine 59:12, pages 2617-2626.
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Frances Rapport. (2003) Exploring the beliefs and experiences of potential egg share donors. Journal of Advanced Nursing 43:1, pages 28-42.
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Pia Broderick & Iain Walker. (2016) Donor Gametes and Embryos: Who Wants to Know What about Whom, and Why?. Politics and the Life Sciences 20:1, pages 29-42.
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Dorothy Fielding, Sarah Handley, Lindsay Duqueno, Sue Weaver & Steve Lui. (1998) Motivation, attitudes and experience of donation: a follow-up of women donating eggs in assisted conception treatment. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 8:4, pages 273-287.
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K. R. Daniels. (1998) The social responsibility of gamete providers. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 8:4, pages 261-271.
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Beth Alder. 1998. Comprehensive Clinical Psychology. Comprehensive Clinical Psychology 383 407 .
Ken R Daniels, Gillian M Lewis & Ruth Curson. (1997) Information sharing in semen donation: The views of donors. Social Science & Medicine 44:5, pages 673-680.
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K. R. Daniels, H.‐L. Ericsson & I. P. Burn. (2007) Families and donor insemination: the views of semen donors. Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare 5:4, pages 229-237.
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Ken R. Daniels & Gillian M. Lewis. (1996) Donor insemination: The gifting and selling of semen. Social Science & Medicine 42:11, pages 1521-1536.
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Ken R. Daniels. (2009) Information Sharing in Donor Insemination: A Conflict of Rights and Needs. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 4:2, pages 217-224.
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Ken Daniels. (2008) The Swedish Insemination Act and Its Impact*. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 34:4, pages 437-439.
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Patricia P. Mahlstedt. (1994) PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES OF INFERTILITY AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY. Urologic Clinics of North America 21:3, pages 557-566.
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Ken R. Daniels & Karyn Taylor. (2016) Secrecy and Openness in Donor Insemination. Politics and the Life Sciences 12:2, pages 155-170.
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Mary Lisa Sanschagrin, Elaine B. Humber, Carol Cumming Speirs & Sydney Duder. (2016) A Survey of Quebec Pediatricians' Attitudes Toward Donor Insemination. Clinical Pediatrics 32:4, pages 226-230.
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Ken R. Daniels. (1992) Management of the Psychosocial Aspects of Infertility. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 32:1, pages 57-63.
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Patricia P. Mahlstedt & Kris A. Probasco. (1991) Sperm donors: their attitudes toward providing medical and psychosocial information for recipient couples and donor offspring. Fertility and Sterility 56:4, pages 747-753.
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ERIC BLYTH. (2007) Assisted reproduction: what's in it for children?. Children & Society 4:2, pages 167-182.
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