Banning reproductive travel: Turkey's ART legislation and third-party assisted reproduction

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-564

  Gürtin, Zeynep B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive treatment; cross border reproductive care; extraterritoriality; gamete donation; reproductive tourism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST OF REPRODUCTION; CROSS BORDER REPRODUCTIVE CARE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOSLEM; MOTHER; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM DONOR; TRAVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CRIME; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL TOURISM; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SURROGATE MOTHERS; TURKEY;

EID: 80455160344     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.08.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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