Would 'all-inclusive' compensation attract more gamete donors to balance their loss of anonymity?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-306

  Craft, Ian ^a   Thornhill, Alan ^a  

^a London Fertility Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Children's rights; Egg donation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY DISEASE; RECIPIENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM DONOR; STANDARDIZATION; SUBFERTILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 14944378629     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61787-7     Document Type: Note

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