Experiences of Donor Conception: Parents, Offspring and Donors through the Years
Caroline Lorbach
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Description for Experiences of Donor Conception: Parents, Offspring and Donors through the Years
Paperback. Drawing on the experiences of parents, offspring and donors and including her own and her family's story, this thought-provoking and informative book explores the process of donor conception. She provides practical suggestions as well as in-depth consideration of the emotional and ethical issues involved. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: MFKC1; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
Drawing on the experiences of parents, offspring and donors and including her own and her family's story, this thought-provoking and informative book explores the process of donor conception. From finding out about an infertility problem, to considering whether - and how - to tell the children about their conception, and how those children feel as the adult offspring of a donor, she provides practical suggestions as well as in-depth consideration of the emotional and ethical issues involved.
Lorbach takes the reader step-by-step through the process of deciding to use donor conception, choosing a donor, and discussing the decision with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843101222
SKU
V9781843101222
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Caroline Lorbach
Caroline Lorbach is the parent of three children conceived using donated sperm. She is the consumer advocate for the Donor Conception Support Group of Australia and is strongly involved in lobbying governments for the rights of people born through donor conception to have access to information about donors.
Reviews for Experiences of Donor Conception: Parents, Offspring and Donors through the Years
... an important contribution to contemporary debates on assisted conception services providing unique perspectives from donors, parents of donor-conceived children and donor-conceived people. It should be recommended to anyone contemplating becoming a donor or undergoing assisted conception services involving donated gametes... this book should [also] be compulsory reading for all those who provide donor conception services, regulators of donor conception ... Read more