Postmortem parenthood and the need for a protocol with posthumous sperm procurement

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1263-1269

  Batzer, Frances R ^a,b   Hurwitz, Joshua M ^a   Caplan, Arthur ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Women's Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Posthumous sperm procurement; Postmortem reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ASPIRATION; BEREAVEMENT; CADAVER; CHILD WELFARE; COUNSELING; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; EJACULATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATHER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INHERITANCE; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; PARENT; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOCIETY; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPOUSE; TESTIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038173340     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00384-4     Document Type: Review

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