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Review : A right to parenthood
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Review : A right to parenthood

Abstract

Many people regard parenthood as a 'right' to which they are entitled; this right is open to debate. Infertility can provoke a life-crisis leading to profound feelings of grief, loss and isolation. Each of us, as members of society, must acknowledge the pressure that we place upon individuals to parent, and particularly upon women. Fertility nurses in particular may be caught in the middle of a potentially enormous conflict of interests between …

Authors

Bartlam B; Birch S

Journal

Journal of Child Health Care, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 36–40

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

April 1998

DOI

10.1177/136749359800200108

ISSN

1367-4935