Gamete Retrieval after Death or Irreversible Unconsciousness: What Counts as Informed Consent?

The first reported case of postmortem sperm retrieval occurred in 1978, involving a man who became brain dead after a motor vehicle accident and whose wife requested removal of his sperm so that she could be artificially inseminated. Physicians performed the retrieval by surgically excising the duct...

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Main Author: Strong, Carson (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-171
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