Is Lower Quality Clinical Care Ethically Justifiable for Patients Residing in Areas with Infrastructure Deficits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15747504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M C Inhorn (0000-0001-7456-7120, Yale University, corresponding author), Pasquale Patrizio (0000-0003-4796-7078, Yale University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 228-237 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.ecas1-1803 |
| PMID | 29542433 |
| OpenAlex | W2789534040 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Reproductive health services, including infertility care, are important in countries with infrastructure deficits, such as Lebanon, which now hosts more than one million Syrian refugees. Islamic prohibitions on child adoption and third-party reproductive assistance (donor eggs, sperm, embryos, and surrogacy) mean that most Muslim couples must turn to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to overcome their childlessness. Attempts to bring low-cost IVF-ICSI to underserved populations might help infertile couples where no other services are available. However, a low-cost IVF-ICSI protocol for male infertility remains technically challenging and thus may result in two standards of clinical care. Nonetheless, low-cost IVF-ICSI represents a form of reproductive justice in settings with infrastructure deficits and is clearly better than no treatment at all
Biology · Childlessness · Economic Justice · Environmental health · Family medicine · Fertility · Gynecology · In vitro fertilisation · Infertility · Intracytoplasmic sperm injection · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Reproductive Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |