Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile.

30 Aug 2009 The Ethics Committee recommends development of evidence-based policies that are patient centered for each IVF center. In most cases, the provision of futile therapies is not ethically justifiable. For those treatments with very poor success rates, ... Read more...

The politics of 'The Natural Family' in Israel: state policy and kinship ideologies.

16 Aug 2009 Israel is the only country in the world that provides nearly unlimited, universal state funding for fertility treatments. This exceptional policy has been widely understood as symbolising the state's pronatalism. In this paper I probe the policy and ... Read more...

Assessing stakeholder needs for the introduction of assisted reproductive technology legislation.

30 Jul 2009 Assisted reproductive technology (ART) legislation in Victoria, Australia, is currently under review. Due to the complex nature of ART legislation, careful planning is required to ensure key stakeholders understand the revisions to ART legislation ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile. 30 Aug 2009
• The politics of 'The Natural Family' in Israel: state policy and kinship ideologies. 16 Aug 2009
• Assessing stakeholder needs for the introduction of assisted reproductive technology legislation. 30 Jul 2009
• Global cultural and socioeconomic factors that influence access to assisted reproductive technologies. 29 Jun 2009
• Embryonic developments. 7 Jun 2009
• Regulating assisted reproduction in Italy: a 5-year assessment. 30 May 2009
• Iran's experience with surrogate motherhood: an Islamic view and ethical concerns. 29 Apr 2009
• [Some remarks on the protection of human embryo in the Spanish law] 29 Apr 2009
• [The juridical desprotection of the human embryos post the new law of human assisted reproduction and the law of biomedical investigation] 29 Apr 2009
• [The progressive legal vulnerability of embryonic human life in Spain: the law 35/1988 to 14/2006 and law 14/2007] 29 Apr 2009
• The octuplet case -- why more regulation is not likely. 29 Apr 2009
• Designing rules for designer babies. 29 Apr 2009
• The octuplets tragedy. 29 Apr 2009
• Voluntary isn't working. Recent events show need for regulation of assisted reproduction. 11 Apr 2009
• Parts of Italy's law on assisted reproduction are ruled unconstitutional. 4 Apr 2009
• Assisted reproductive technology in Saudi Arabia. 30 Mar 2009
• The attitudes and knowledge of medical students towards surrogacy. 30 Mar 2009
• [3/6. The pre-implantation diagnosis and the "drug baby"] 30 Mar 2009
• [Required steps to practice Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and role of the French Agence de la biomédicine (ABM)] 16 Mar 2009
• When and how to welcome government to the bedroom. 28 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Reproductive Techniques, Assisted'

Definition: Clinical and laboratory techniques used to enhance fertility in humans and animals.

Descriptor UI: D027724

Alternative terms: Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; Assisted Reproductive Technique; Reproductive Technique, Assisted; Technique, Assisted Reproductive; Techniques, Assisted Reproductive; Assisted Reproductive Technics; Assisted Reproductive Technic; Reproductive Technic, Assisted; Reproductive Technics, Assisted; Technic, Assisted Reproductive; Technics, Assisted Reproductive; Assisted Reproductive Techniques; Reproductive Technology, Assisted; Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Assisted Reproductive Technology; Reproductive Technologies, Assisted; Technologies, Assisted Reproductive; Technology, Assisted Reproductive;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: E02.875.800; E05.820.800;

History Note: 2002

Technical Notes: usually for humans; may be used for animals if specified; otherwise use BREEDING or its specifics; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES is also available