OBJECTIVE To explore oocyte and sperm donors' emotional stress, experiences of care and satisfaction after donation. DESIGN Prospective multicenter study. SETTINGS All fertility clinics performing gamete donation in Sweden during the period 2005 to 2008. POPULATION Of 220 eligible oocyte donors who were approached, 181 agreed to complete the first questionnaire and 165 completed the secon...

This article examines the ethics of egg donation. It begins by looking at objections to noncommercial gamete donation, and then takes up criticism of commercial egg donation. After discussing arguments based on concern for offspring, inequality, commodification, exploitation of donors, and threats to the family, I conclude that some payment to donors is ethically acceptable. Donors should not b...

BACKGROUND Parenting and children's adjustment were examined in 30 surrogacy families, 31 egg donation families, 35 donor insemination families, and 53 natural conception families. METHODS Parenting was assessed at age 3 by a standardized interview designed to assess quality of parenting and by questionnaire measures of anxiety, depression, and marital quality. Children's adjustment was asses...

The aim of this work was to prepare European guidelines concerning the screening for infectious diseases in the setting of gamete donation. Existing guidelines have been reviewed and commented. In particular, the problem of cytomegalovirus (CMV) was a matter of debate following the decision by the French Government to reject CMV seropositive donors. Other remarks and suggestions concerning vari...

The publication of a report into a case where an organ donor's constraints on the race of potential recipients raises questions about whether respect for autonomy or communitiarianism should prevail in altruistic medical procedures. This article briefly reviews how autonomy and communitarianism are balanced in cadaveric and live organ donation, bone marrow donation, gamete donation, blood donat...

STUDY QUESTION What are oocyte donors and sperm donors' attitudes towards disclosure and relationship to donor offspring? SUMMARY ANSWER Oocyte and sperm donors in an identity-release donor programme support disclosure to donor offspring and have overall positive or neutral attitudes towards future contact with offspring. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY There is a global trend towards open-identity g...

Background: Nowadays, gamete and embryo donation is applied as effective process in treatment infertility problems. In order to participate in the process of donation, donors should complete an extensive questionnaire that details their personal and family medical history. Included in this questionnaire should be a detailed sexual history, substance abuse history, history of family disease, and...