title: [Adoption: an alternative to assisted reproductive techniques?].
abstract: Information on adoption must be given to couples who seek treatment for medically-assisted procreation. But is adoption a real alternative? What are the chances for a couple who consults to see its desire for adoption be achieved according to its own situation, the characteristics of the child he wants, and the general situation of adoption? Can adoption, just like assisted procreation, often described by the couples as a "obstacle course", go parallel? Or should one try adoption once assisted reproduction failed? Is the couple willing to suffer the social and legal control of adoption after having supported the medical control of the ART? In all cases, the reality is that two out of three couples engaged in assisted reproduction will have a child whereas scarcely more than one candidate to adoption will be offered to adopt a child after three or four-years procedure.
authors.affiliation: Mission d'inspection, agence de la biomédecine, 1 avenue du Stade-de-France, Saint-Denis-La-Plaine, France. sixte.blanchy@biomedecine.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanchy
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome