The ethical debate on donor insemination in China

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 895-902

  Liao, Juhong ^a   Dessein, Bart ^a   Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination by donor (AID); Confucianism; Ethics; Procreation; Sperm bank

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHINA; CONSANGUINITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LAW; LESBIAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIGION; REVIEW; SECRECY; SPERMATOZOON; ARTICLE; DONOR; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE;

CHINA; CONFUCIANISM; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; SPERM BANKS; TISSUE DONORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79952112553     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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