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Being an identity-release donor: a qualitative study exploring the motivations, experiences and future expectations of current UK egg donors

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Pages 230-241 | Received 19 Feb 2015, Accepted 24 Oct 2015, Published online: 26 Aug 2016

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Sonja Goedeke, Heather Gamble & Rebecca Thurlow. (2023) We want to feel valued: eggs donors’ experiences of donation. Human Fertility 26:2, pages 326-336.
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Sonja Goedeke, Heather Gamble & Rebecca Thurlow. (2023) Motivations for egg donation to previously unknown recipients: donation as a personal, relational act of giving. Human Fertility 26:2, pages 226-236.
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Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Gunilla Sydsjö & Claudia Lampic. (2020) Psychosocial aspects of identity-release gamete donation – perspectives of donors, recipients, and offspring. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences 125:2, pages 175-182.
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Nayla Tohme, Rachel Cutting, Zeynep Gürtin & Vasanti Jadva. (2023) A comparative study of sperm and egg donors' personal descriptions and goodwill messages. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, pages 103410.
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Kelsey Cornthwaite, Sonja Goedeke, Daniel Shepherd & Iolanda Rodino. (2023) Student views on recognition and payment options for gamete donation in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
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Sara Lafuente‐Funes, Christina Weis, Nicky Hudson & Veerle Provoost. (2022) Egg donation in the age of vitrification: A study of egg providers’ perceptions and experiences in the UK, Belgium and Spain. Sociology of Health & Illness 45:2, pages 259-278.
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Sonja Goedeke, Daniel Shepherd & Iolanda S. Rodino. (2022) Fertility stakeholders’ concerns regarding payment for egg and sperm donation in New Zealand and Australia. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online 14, pages 8-19.
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Susanna Graham. (2022) The opposite of a step parent – The genetics without any of the emotion: ‘sperm donors’ reflections on identity-release donation and relatedness. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online 14, pages 192-203.
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Jackson Kirkman-Brown, Carlos Calhaz-Jorge, Eline A F Dancet, Kersti Lundin, Mariana Martins, Kelly Tilleman, Petra Thorn, Nathalie Vermeulen & Lucy Frith. (2022) Good practice recommendations for information provision for those involved in reproductive donation†. Human Reproduction Open 2022:1.
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Sahar Khosravi, Ashraf Kazemi & Seyyed Mehdi Ahmadi. (2020) Oocyte donor’s emotions towards the potential offspring: Development and psychometric properties. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 252, pages 313-316.
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Camille Cordier, Bérengère Ducrocq, Julie Fry & Sophie Catteau-Jonard. (2020) Views of French oocyte donors at least 3 years after donation. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 40:6, pages 819-826.
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Donrich Thaldar. (2020) Egg donors’ motivations, experiences, and opinions: A survey of egg donors in South Africa. PLOS ONE 15:1, pages e0226603.
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Sonja Goedeke, Daniel Shepherd & Iolanda S Rodino. (2020) Support for recognition and payment options for egg and sperm donation in New Zealand and Australia. Human Reproduction 35:1, pages 117-129.
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Leah Gilman & Petra Nordqvist. (2018) Organizing Openness: How UK Policy Defines the Significance of Information and Information Sharing about Gamete Donation. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 32:3, pages 316-333.
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Nicola Carone, Roberto Baiocco & Vittorio Lingiardi. (2017) Italian gay fathers' experiences of transnational surrogacy and their relationship with the surrogate pre- and post-birth. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 34:2, pages 181-190.
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V. Jadva, N. Lamba, K. Kadam & S. Golombok. (2015) Indian egg donors’ characteristics, motivations and feelings towards the recipient and resultant child. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online 1:2, pages 98-103.
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