title: Commentary: posthumous harvesting of gametes--a physician's perspective.
abstract: Author offers a clinical perspective on problems arising from requests for postmortem sperm and oocyte retrieval.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Soules
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D037022:Posthumous Conception; D011247:Pregnancy; D013094:Spermatozoa; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States