Should fertility specialists refer local patients abroad for shared or commercialized oocyte donation?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-7

  Heng, Boon Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LAW; LICENSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 33845748624     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.084     Document Type: Article

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