Attitudes towards gamete donation among couples undergoing in vitro fertilization
| dc.contributor.author | Oskarsson, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dimitry, E S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mills, M S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hunt, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Winston, R M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-18T14:07:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-04-18T14:07:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1991-04 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2011-04-18 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1991, 98(4):351-6 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0306-5456 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 2031893 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1991.tb13424.x | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2336/128282 | |
| dc.description | To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The attitudes of 234 anonymous couples undergoing in vitro fertilization toward sperm and oocyte donation were explored by questionnaire. All the questionnaires were returned of which 222 (95%) were complete and analysed. A high proportion of couples found the use of donor sperm acceptable for therapeutic, diagnostic and treatment purposes (77%, 90% and 97% respectively) and 72%, 84% and 90% respectively were willing to donate oocytes for these purposes. Of potential oocyte donors 41% would agree to nonanonymous donation, 12% would wish to meet the recipient couple and although only 4% wanted to choose the recipient, a quarter of the couples would prefer a relative or friend as the recipient. Provision of nonidentifying information about the donor to the recipient couple was acceptable to almost 70% whereas 40% found giving the same information to the child acceptable. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Inc | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1991.tb13424.x | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Adult | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Attitude | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Biomedical Research | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Confidentiality | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Directed Tissue Donation | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Female | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Fertilization in Vitro | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Male | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Oocyte Donation | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Parent-Child Relations | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Reproductive Techniques | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Spermatozoa | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Tissue Donors | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Tissue and Organ Procurement | en |
| dc.title | Attitudes towards gamete donation among couples undergoing in vitro fertilization | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London. | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology | en |
| html.description.abstract | The attitudes of 234 anonymous couples undergoing in vitro fertilization toward sperm and oocyte donation were explored by questionnaire. All the questionnaires were returned of which 222 (95%) were complete and analysed. A high proportion of couples found the use of donor sperm acceptable for therapeutic, diagnostic and treatment purposes (77%, 90% and 97% respectively) and 72%, 84% and 90% respectively were willing to donate oocytes for these purposes. Of potential oocyte donors 41% would agree to nonanonymous donation, 12% would wish to meet the recipient couple and although only 4% wanted to choose the recipient, a quarter of the couples would prefer a relative or friend as the recipient. Provision of nonidentifying information about the donor to the recipient couple was acceptable to almost 70% whereas 40% found giving the same information to the child acceptable. |