ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 23: Medically assisted reproduction in singles, lesbian and gay couples, and transsexual people

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1859-1865

  De Wert, G ^a   Dondorp, W ^a   Shenfield, F ^b   Barri, P ^c   Devroey, P ^d   Diedrich, K ^e   Tarlatzis, B ^f   Provoost, V ^g   Pennings, G ^g  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ethics; homosexual couples; medically assisted reproduction; singles; transsexual people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BENEFICENCE; CHILD WELFARE; CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE; ETHICS; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; JUSTICE; MOTHER; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; TRANSSEXUALITY; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEXUALITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84906090754     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu183     Document Type: Article

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