For love or money? the saga of Korean women who provided eggs for embryonic stem cell research

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 385-396

  Baylis, Françoise ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altruism; Egg donation; Embryonic stem cells; Patriotism

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; BIOSAFETY; CELL STIMULATION; CLONING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KOREA; LAW; LOVE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONEY; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; CLONING, ORGANISM; COERCION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING DONORS; MOTIVATION; NEW YORK; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STUDENTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 72449130869     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-009-9118-0     Document Type: Review

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