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Psychological Aspects of Care

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Principles of Oocyte and Embryo Donation

Abstract

Speeding on a technical superhighway has been a fact of life for nearly two decades in the assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Methods to address the problems plaguing the 8% to 15% of couples in the community who meet the criteria for infertility (unprotected intercourse for 12 months without resulting conception) continue to be refined; but what has catapulted this corner of medicine, and particularly oocyte donation (OD) treatment, into the spotlight has been its unconventional applications, challenging previously held social ideas about parenthood and family, previous legal definitions of maternity and paternity, previous ethical interpretations of rights, and the powerfully personal meaning of the capacity to reproduce despite aging, sterilizing treatment following the diagnosis of cancer, possible transmission of serious genetic disease, and the untimely loss of reproductive capacity due to premature ovarian failure.

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Rosenthal, J.L. (1998). Psychological Aspects of Care. In: Sauer, M.V. (eds) Principles of Oocyte and Embryo Donation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1640-7_13

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