Ethics in egg donation: Past, present, and future

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Sauer, Mark V ^a   Klein, Joshua U ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

compensation; egg donation; egg sharing; Ethics; IVF; postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPENSATION; CONSENSUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FAMILY LIFE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; POSTMENOPAUSAL PREGNANCY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SOCIAL LIFE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE DONATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 77955396892     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255180     Document Type: Review

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