Self-regulation, compensation, and the ethical recruitment of oocyte donors

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 25-36

  Levine, Aaron D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMODIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MARKETING; OOCYTE DONATION;

ADULT; COMMODIFICATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MARKETING; OOCYTE DONATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952053583     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0245     Document Type: Article

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