title: A preventive ethics approach to IVF in the age of octuplets.
abstract: A preventive ethics approach recognizes that ethical obligations of the in vitro fertilization practitioner should prevail, regardless of whether embryo transfer is regulated.
authors.affiliation: Program for Bioethics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, 740 South LimestoneStreet Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0284, USA. msrose2@email.uky.edu
authors.forename: M Sara
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007600:Judgment; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D018607:Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal / Q000941:ethics; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000523:psychology