Access to fertility services by transgender persons: An Ethics Committee opinion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1111-1115

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ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSGENDER; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS COMMITTEES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PATIENT RIGHTS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945536531     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.08.021     Document Type: Article

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