Recruiting egg donors online: An analysis of in vitro fertilization clinic and agency websites' adherence to American Society for Reproductive Medicine guidelines

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 995-1000

  Keehn, Jason ^a   Holwell, Eve ^a   Abdul Karim, Ruqayyah ^b   Chin, Lisa Judy ^c   Leu, Cheng Shiun ^d   Sauer, Mark V ^e   Klitzman, Robert ^a,d,e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

commodification of egg donors; Egg donor agency; egg donor compensation; ethics; financial compensation of oocyte donors; gamete donation

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; OOCYTE DONATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; OOCYTE DONATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867029970     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.06.052     Document Type: Article

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