Moral attitudes and beliefs among couples pursuing PGD for sex selection

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 838-847

  Sharp, Richard R ^a,b,c   McGowan, Michelle L ^c   Verma, Jonathan A ^d   Landy, David C ^e   McAdoo, Sallie ^f   Carson, Sandra A ^g,h   Simpson, Joe Leigh ⁱ   McCullough, Laurence B ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Ethics; Family balancing; Informed consent; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Sex selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARENTAL AGE; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; MOTIVATION; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SEX PRESELECTION; TEXAS;

EID: 78649678415     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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