Assisted reproductive technological blunders (ARTBs)

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 205-206

  Harris, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; COMPETENCE; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEGAL ASPECT; OOCYTE; PARENTHOOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RACE; SPERM DONOR;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 0042827887     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.4.205     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Spriggs M. IVF mixup: white couple have black babies. J Med Ethics 2003;29:65.
2. Fuscalde G. What makes a parent? It's not black or white. J Med Ethics 2003;29:66-7.
3. Murray TH, Kaebnick GE. Genetic ties and genetic mixups. J Med Ethics 2003;29:68-9.
4. Harris J. The value of life. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985: ch 7.
5. Harris J. Is gene therapy a form of eugenics? Bioethics 1993;7:178-87.
6. A figure of 10% is often cited. See Emery EAH. Elements of medical genetics [6th ed]. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1983. The highest percentage of non-paternity I have seen cited is 30% by Dr Elliot Philipp.
7. (See Wolstenholme GEW, Fitzsimmons DW, eds. Law and ethics of AID and embryo transfer. Amsterdam: Associated Scientific Publishers, 1973. Doubt has been cast on the credibility of the highest figures, although high figures have been confirmed to me anecdotally.
8. See MacIntyre S, Sooman A. Non-paternity and prenatal genetic screening. Lancet 1991;338:869-71.
9. Harris J. Rights and reproductive choice. In: Harris J, Holm S, eds. The future of human reproduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998:5-38.