Medical hope, legal pitfalls: Potential legal issues in the emerging field of oncofertility

Cancer Treatment and Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2010, Pages 111-134

  Dolin, Gregory ^a   Roberts, Dorothy E ^b   Rodriguez, Lina M ^c   Woodruff, Teresa K ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRIMINAL LAW; CRYOPRESERVATION; CUSTODY; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; NEOPLASMS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 77956376643     PISSN: 09273042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6518-9_9     Document Type: Review

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