Global cultural and socioeconomic factors that influence access to assisted reproductive technologies

Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Adamson, G David ^a,b,c  

^a Fertility Physicians of Northern California   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Assisted reproductive technologies; Cross border reproductive care; Culture; Embryo; Guidelines; Healthcare; Regulations; Religion; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LAW; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CULTURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICS; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68349128362     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.09.28     Document Type: Article

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