Medical anthropological research on science, biotechnology, and religion has focused on the "local moral worlds" of men and women as they make difficult decisions regarding their health and the beginnings and endings of human life. This paper focuses on the local moral worlds of infertile Muslims as they attempt to make, in the religiously correct fashion, Muslim babies at in vitro fertilizatio...

The empirical study byMargaretNelson, RosannaHertz, andWendyKramer on stakeholder attitudes toward gamete donor anonymity and limits on gamete donation, ‘Gamete Donor Anonymity and Limits on Numbers of Offspring: The Views of Three Stakeholders’ (hereafter Gamete Donor Anonymity),1 is commendably particular on one level yet noticeably vague on another. It approaches the anonymity issue2 at a le...

This document provides the latest recommendations for evaluation of potential sperm, oocyte, and embryo donors, incorporating recent information about optimal screening and testing for sexually transmitted infections, genetic diseases, and psychological assessments. This revised document incorporates recent information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Food and Dr...

though the embryo donation is recognized as one of the methodsof infertility remedy, and the act of donation way of embryo to an infertile couple has been approved in iran, it seems that the act is imperfect in various fields, as an example the legal nature of embryo donation. there have been suggested various and sometimes contradictory interpretations on embryo donation. therefore, for remova...

1. Use of family members as donors or surrogates is generally ethically acceptable. 2. Brothers may donate sperm to brothers and sisters may donate eggs to sisters. 3. Intergenerational gamete donation and surrogacy are especially challenging. 4. Consanguineous gamete donations from first-degree relatives are unacceptable. 5. Counseling is encouraged for all parties including partners of donors...

Charitable donations by private individuals and firms can help fund the Millennium Development Goals. What are the prospects for increasing donations for international development, whether from small-scale donors, the super-rich (as in the recent gifts by Bill Gates and Ted Turner), or the corporate sector? The paper starts by reviewing how large are the sums currently given in OECD countries (...

InGameteDonorAnonymity andLimits ofNumbers ofOffspring:TheViews ofThree Stakeholders,1 Margaret K. Nelson, Rosanna Hertz, and Wendy Kramer, present empirical data on the attitudes of gamete donors,2 intended parents,3 and donor-conceived persons toward both donor anonymity and limits on the number of children produced using gametes from any one donor. Consistent with the assisted reproductive t...

This document provides the latest recommendations for evaluation of potential sperm, oocyte, and embryo donors as well their recipients, incorporating recent information about optimal screening testing sexually transmitted infections, genetic diseases, psychological assessments. revised incorporates from US Centers Disease Control Prevention, Food Drug Administration, American Association Tissu...