Information Sharing in Donor Insemination: A Conflict of Rights and Needs
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
- Vol. 4 (2) , 217-224
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0963180100005910
Abstract
It is now 110 years since the first reported medical use of donor insemination (DI). Despite its somewhat doubtful beginnings and its chequered history, especially up until the 1970s, DI has become a well accepted and utilised part of most infertility treatment services. An American survey in 1988 reported that approximately 80,000 women a year undergo the procedure, and that over 30,000 children are born each year. The only figures from the United Kingdom cover a 5-month period between August 1 and December 31, 1991, and show that 4,260 patients were treated with DI during this period. The treatment was carried out in 85 different centres.Keywords
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