Informed Consent and Fresh Egg Donation for Stem Cell Research: Incorporating Embodied Knowledge Into Ethical Decision-Making

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-39

  Carroll, Katherine ^a   Waldby, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg sharing; Embodied knowledge; Fertilization in vitro; Informed consent; O cyte donation; Stem cell research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; OOCYTE DONATION; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; OOCYTE DONATION; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 84857648238     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-011-9349-4     Document Type: Article

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