title: The Suleman octuplets: what can an aberration teach us?
abstract: The Suleman case shows that there are "heightened expectations" of our field on the part of our colleagues, the public, legislative and regulatory officials, and our patients. And it can teach us that we have both the history and the promise within our own field to fulfill those heightened expectations through continued clinical progress in promoting safe successful outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center, 15001 Shady Grove Road, Rockville MD 20850, USA. robert.stillman@integramed.com
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stillman
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D011247:Pregnancy; D018607:Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal / Q000941:ethics*; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000523:psychology*; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards