Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos.
Medical providers have an ethical duty to immediately disclose clinical errors involving gametes or embryos; clinics should have written policies in place for reducing and disclosing errors. This document was reviewed and affirmed in 2011 and replaces the earlier document of the same name.
American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
D033001:Directed Tissue Donation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D030881:Disclosure / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000941:ethics; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics