title: Should fertility specialists refer local patients abroad for shared or commercialized oocyte donation?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: DSO Laboratories, National University of Singapore, Singapore. denhenga@nus.edu.sg <denhenga@nus.edu.sg>
authors.forename: Boon Chin
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Heng
mesh_terms: 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