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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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The Psychoanalytic Ideas Series |
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Psychoanalytic ideas.
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COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY; FOREWORD; PART I AN OVERVIEW OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES RELATED TO REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: how do we conceive the family?; CHAPTER TWO Psychoanalysis and infertility: myths and realities; CHAPTER THREE Scrambled eggs: psychological meanings of new reproductive choices for lesbians; PART II DONOR CONCEPTION: AN EXPLORATION OF SOME OF THE ISSUES FACING INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES; CHAPTER FOUR Donor conception: family of choice? |
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CHAPTER FIVE "It takes a second to be a father but a lifetime to be a daddy." Men's experiences of infertility and donor conceptionCHAPTER SIX When baby makes three or four or more: attachment, individuation, and identity in assisted conception families; PART III AN EXPLORATION OF THE IMPACT UPON CHILDREN OF KNOWING HOW THEY WERE CONCEIVED; CHAPTER SEVEN Telling and talking: a family affair; CHAPTER EIGHT Understanding and managing relationships in donor assisted families; PART IV POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS AND SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE |
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CHAPTER NINE Donor conception and the loss of old certaintiesAPPENDIX Organisations and useful websites; INDEX |
| Summary |
This book is about the psychological experiences of women and men who have used donor conception to create their families. The authors offer diverse accounts of their clinical, research, and personal experiences. They describe the challenge of powerfulconscious and unconscious fantasies that can be aroused and how these may reawaken early anxieties and developmental struggles. Whilst recipients of donated eggs or sperm may think they are simply acquiring a factor of reproduction, they are also receiving the genetic history of another family. The sensitive management of these relationships is co |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Child development.
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Families.
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Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects
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Parenting.
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Sociology.
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Reproductive technology.
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Social psychology.
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Social sciences.
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Therapeutics.
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Human reproductive technology.
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Sociology
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Reproductive Techniques
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Psychology, Social
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Social Sciences
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Therapeutics
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Investigative Techniques
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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Psychiatry and Psychology
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Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
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Family
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Child Development
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Parenting
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sociology.
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social psychology.
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social sciences.
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treating (health care function)
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Therapeutics
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Sociology
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Social sciences
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Social psychology
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Reproductive technology
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Human reproductive technology
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Child development
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Families
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Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects
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Parenting
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782413400 |
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1782413405 |
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1336030550 |
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9781336030558 |
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