Expanding Access to Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation: An Analysis by Analogy

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 28-35

  Ruutiainen, Tuua ^a   Miller, Steve ^b   Caplan, Arthur ^c   Ginsberg, Jill P ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; children and families; informed consent; medicine; pediatrics; reproductive technologies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FERTILITY; FETUS BLOOD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PARENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

BLOOD BANKS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMERCE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FERTILITY; FETAL BLOOD; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PARENTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 84874448988     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2012.760672     Document Type: Article

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