Donor insemination: effects on parents

Durna, Eva M; Bebe, Judy; Leader, Leo R.; Steigrad, Stephen J.; Garrett, Don G

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb124560.x

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“…25 One study of 60 couples who had children conceived both naturally and by DI found that the men were significantly closer to their children by DI than to their 'other' children. 26 However, another study found that parents who used DI because of infertility feared that, when they disclosed their status to the child, he/she would reject them and search for his/her genetic father; in addition, the majority of the men felt jealous of the donor. 27…”

Section: Ability To Achieve Intended Family Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

A review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of routine anti-D prophylaxis for pregnant women who are rhesus-negative

Chilcott

Jones

Wight

et al. 2003

Health Technol Assess

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et al. A review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of routine anti-D prophylaxis for pregnant women who are rhesus-negative. Health Technol Assess 2003;7(4). Health Technology Assessment is indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE and Excerpta Medica/ EMBASE. Copies of the Executive Summaries are available from the NCCHTA website (see opposite). NHS R&D HTA Programme T he NHS R&D Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme was set up in 1993 to ensure that high-quality research information on the costs, effectiveness and broader impact of health technologies is produced in the most efficient way for those who use, manage and provide care in the NHS. The research reported in this monograph was commissioned by the HTA Programme on behalf of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). Technology assessment reports are completed in a limited time to inform the appraisal and guidance development processes managed by NICE. The review brings together evidence on key aspects of the use of the technology concerned. However, appraisals and guidance produced by NICE are informed by a wide range of sources. The research reported in this monograph was funded as project number 00/23/01. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the HTA Programme, NICE or the Department of Health. The editors wish to emphasise that funding and publication of this research by the NHS should not be taken as implicit support for any recommendations made by the authors. Criteria for inclusion in the HTA monograph series Reports are published in the HTA monograph series if (1) they have resulted from work commissioned for the HTA Programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the referees and editors. Reviews in Health Technology Assessment are termed 'systematic' when the account of the search, appraisal and synthesis methods (to minimise biases and random errors) would, in theory, permit the replication of the review by others.

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Section: Ability To Achieve Intended Family Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

A review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of routine anti-D prophylaxis for pregnant women who are rhesus-negative

Chilcott

Jones

Wight

et al. 2003

Health Technol Assess

149

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“…Partly due to the secrecy surrounding DI, there is little research on parents and children in families created in this way. In an uncontrolled study of 233 sets of DI parents, 96% of mothers and 91% of fathers reported feeling very close to their children (Durna, Bebe, Leader, Steigrad, & Garrett, 1995). However, the response rate was only 43%, the respondents had become parents over a 15-year period, and the data were collected by postal questionnaire.…”

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Families with Children Conceived by Donor Insemination: A Follow‐Up at Age Twelve

et al. 2002

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Growing public awareness of the use of donor insemination (DI) to enable infertile couples to become parents has been accompanied by increasing concern regarding the potentially negative consequences for family relationships and child development. Findings are presented from a prospective study of the quality of parenting and psychological adjustment of DI children at age 12. Thirty-seven DI families, 49 adoptive families, and 91 families with a naturally conceived child were compared on standardized interview and questionnaire measures administered to mothers, fathers, children, and teachers. The differences between DI families and the other family types reflected greater expressive warmth of DI mothers toward their children and less involvement in the discipline of their children by DI fathers. The DI children were well adjusted in terms of their social and emotional development. The findings are discussed with respect to the secrecy surrounding DI and the imbalance in genetic relatedness between the parents and the child.

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“…This approach was con® rmed in a study that found that 61% of DI mothers and 89% of DI fathers think that the child resembled one' s partner (Durna et al, 1995). Thus, while Dr Monet idealized the rightfulness of the recipients' exclusion by doubting their discretion, Dr Katz eliminated the need to incorporate them by trivializing his role of matching.…”

Section: J Secrecy I N Ph Y Si Ci An S' Pract I Cementioning

confidence: 89%