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Egg donor wanted: Social work with women looking for an egg donor
Hart, Vivien Plath, Debbie
Hart, Vivien
Plath, Debbie
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Abstract
Women seeking fertility treatment using donor eggs can face challenges associated with recruiting suitable egg donors and negotiating the role that the donor may play in the life of the child. Social work in infertility clinics is an emerging area of practice and social work counsellors have an important role to play with parties involved in the egg donation process. This paper seeks to raise awareness of social work practice with women seeking egg donors, providing an overview of issues for social work practice. Findings from a small practice research project are also presented to highlight the experiences of women advertising for egg donors and to illustrate an empowerment approach to social work practice with these women. It was found that with the support of the social work counsellor, newspaper advertising can be an effective method to recruit egg donors for fertility treatment that allows women control over the process.
Keywords
assisted reproduction technology, infertility, counselling
Date
2011
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Journal article
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Australian Social Work
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64
Issue
4
Page Range
515-525
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