Ethics and the prohibition of donor gametes in fertility medicine

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 60-67

  Murphy, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive treatment; Donor gametes; Ethics; Marriage; Parents; Reproductive tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY LIFE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 63249119511     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60117-4     Document Type: Article

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