Subsidized IVF: The development of 'egg sharing' in the United Kingdom

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3254-3259

  Blyth, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg sharing; Guidance for egg sharing arrangements; Human fertilisation and embryology authority

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTION; CONSULTATION; COST OF REPRODUCTION; DONOR; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY AUTHORITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY AUTHORITY;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION;

EID: 0036904454     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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