ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 15: Cross-border reproductive care | Zendy

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ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 15: Cross-border reproductive care

Author(s) -

Guido Pennings,

G. de Wert,

F. Shenfield,

Joachim Cohen,

Basil C. Tarlatzis,

Paul Devroey

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/den184

Subject(s) - obligation , task (project management) , task force , duty , phenomenon , duty of care , law , political science , public relations , medicine , psychology , public administration , economics , management , physics , quantum mechanics

This paper analyses the ethical aspects of cross-border reproductive care. Ethical questions are raised by some of the main reasons of cross-border travelling, i.e. law evasion and unequal access to treatment. The phenomenon also generates possible conflicts linked to the responsibility of the professionals. Three points are discussed: the moral obligation of the physician to refer the patient, his/her duty to provide information and counselling and the acceptability of fee-splitting. The recommendations focus on measures to reduce or limit the number of patients that have to travel abroad and on steps to guarantee the safety and quality of the treatment wherever it is provided.

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