Payment for egg donation and surrogacy

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-265

  Steinbock, Bonnie ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Coercion; Commodification; Egg donation; Ethics; Exploitation; Families; Informed consent; Payment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMODIFICATION; FAMILY; FEE; GAMETE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH CARE NEED; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

COMMODIFICATION; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; SURROGATE MOTHERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644226115     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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