Should fertility specialists refer local patients abroad for shared or commercialized oocyte donation?
To avoid restrictive legislation, many patients travel abroad to seek shared or commercialized donor oocytes. Ethical and moral issues surrounding the referral of patients abroad by fertility specialists are discussed.
Heng
Boon Chin
BC
DSO Laboratories, National University of Singapore, Singapore. denhenga@nus.edu.sg <denhenga@nus.edu.sg>
D003132:Commerce; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence