Multiple gestations: Some public policy issues

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-185

  Jennings, Patricia K ^a   Callahan, Joan C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Assisted reproduction; Exogenous hormones; Feminism; Fetal reduction; Multifetal pregnancy; Multiple gestations; Ovarian stimulation; Public policy; Reproductive cancers; RESOLVE; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

EMBRYO; ETHICS; FEMININITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; WELLBEING;

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034846866     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011334303771     Document Type: Review

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