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Artificial Insemination by Donor

Yours, Mine, or Theirs?

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Gender in Transition

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In this chapter, brief interview data from donor insemination recipients, consisting of married couples, single heterosexual women, homosexual women, and from donors themselves are complemented by authors’ commentaries regarding artificial insemination from medical and psychological vantage points. The intent is to highlight clinical interviews with pertinent psychodynamic and physiologic correlates of the procedure insofar as they suggest appropriate areas for further investigation. Such research concerns include the compilation of representative subject populations and control groups studied longitudinally and the delineation of biopsychosocial interaction variables in predicting general outcome and in identifying individuals at risk for negative sequelae.

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  1. Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University-Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, USA

    Bonnie R. Aronowitz

  2. Neurological Institute and Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Institute, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, 10302, USA

    Bonnie R. Aronowitz

  3. Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, 10021, USA

    Joseph Feldschuh

  4. Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York, 10467, USA

    Joseph Feldschuh

  5. IDANT Laboratories, New York, New York, 10022, USA

    Joseph Feldschuh

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  1. Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program for Study and Research in Psychology, New York, New York, USA

    Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Ph.D.

  2. Brooklyn Institute for Psychotherapy, 11215, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Ph.D.

  3. National Institute for the Psychotherapies, 10019, New York, New York, USA

    Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Ph.D.

  4. Yeshiva University, 10033, New York, New York, USA

    Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Ph.D.

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Aronowitz, B.R., Feldschuh, J. (1989). Artificial Insemination by Donor. In: Offerman-Zuckerberg, J. (eds) Gender in Transition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5631-8_12

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