Implementing a good practice guide for CBRC: Perspectives from the ESHRE Cross-Border Reproductive Care Taskforce

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 657-664

  Shenfield, Franoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross border reproductive care; good practice guide; information; justice; safety; standards

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS BORDER REPRODUCTIVE CARE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TOURISM; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

EUROPE; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SAFETY;

EID: 80455143816     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.07.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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