The global landscape of cross-border reproductive care: Twenty key findings for the new millennium

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-163

  Inhorn, Marcia C ^a   Patrizio, Pasquale ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cross border reproductive care; fertility tourism; reproductive tourism

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CONFIDENTIALITY; COSTA RICA; CROSS BORDER REPRODUCTIVE CARE; DUBAI; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNET; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; IRAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL TOURISM; MOTIVATION; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SPAIN; THAILAND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL TOURISM; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SURROGATE MOTHERS;

EID: 84861066980     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328352140a     Document Type: Review

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