Fertility patients' views about frozen embryo disposition: results of a multi-institutional U.S. survey

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 499-509

  Lyerly, Anne Drapkin ^a,b   Steinhauser, Karen ^a,c,d   Voils, Corrine ^a,d   Namey, Emily ^a,b   Alexander, Carolyn ^e   Bankowski, Brandon ^f   Cook Deegan, Robert ^c   Dodson, William C ^g   Gates, Elena ^h   Jungheim, Emily S ⁱ   McGovern, Peter G ^j   Myers, Evan R ^a   Osborn, Barbara ^k   Schlaff, William ^l   Sugarman, Jeremy ^m,n,o   Tulsky, James A ^a,c,d   Walmer, David ^a   Faden, Ruth R ^n,o   Wallach, Edward ^m  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Trent Center for Biothics   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Oregon Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^g PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Gynecology   (United States)

^k Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cryopreserved embryos; discarding embryos; embryo disposition; embryo donation; embryo research; ethics; frozen embryos; informed consent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74449085018     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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