Is it ethically-justifiable for fertility doctors to refer or recommend local patients to foreign clinics for oocyte donation? [13]

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1255-1256

  Heng, Boon Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

INFERTILITY; INTERNATIONALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33645219008     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.10.017     Document Type: Letter

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