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Social factors in patients for artificial insemination by donor (AID)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

R.S. Ledward ,
L. Crawford  and
E.M. Symonds
R.S. Ledward*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Nottingham
L. Crawford
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Nottingham
E.M. Symonds
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Nottingham
*
*PO Box 7897, Riyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Summary

A programme of artificial insemination, using donor semen, within the NHS began in Nottingham in 1975. Since the inception of the programme all couples have been interviewed by a senior medical social worker, either at home or, later in the programme, within the clinics. This paper reports on features including education, employment, relationship to fertility status, relationship to parents and childhood, religion and reaction to adoption or fostering from the first 147 couples interviewed. All couples have stated a willingness for follow-up assessments and further studies are planned to review their marriages and psychological make-up in later years.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 473 - 479
Copyright
Copyright © 1979, Cambridge University Press

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