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In this chapter, six important areas of ethical concern for practitioners working in the area of oocyte and embryo donation are reviewed: (1) patient/donor relationships, (2) ethical limits on the amount and manner of payment, (3) ethical issues raised in the law concerning donation, (4) ethical issues in the preimplantation diagnosis of donor embryos, (5) controversy over the use of tissue from aborted fetuses and cadavers, and (6) the ethics of cryopreservation of eggs and embryos, including those retrieved from the deceased.
The authors gratefully acknowledge assistance from Silke Weineck in the preparation of this chapter.
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McGee, G., Anchor, J., Caplan, A. (1998). Ethical Issues in Oocyte and Embryo Donation. 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_15
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