Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion
Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Committee members:Judith Daar, Paula Amato, Jean Benward, Lee Rubin Collins, Joseph B Davis, Leslie Francis, Elena Gates, Sigal Klipstein, Barbara Koenig, Laurence McCullough, Richard Reindollar, Mark Sauer, Rebecca Sokol, Andrea Stein, Sean Tipton, …
Medical providers have an ethical duty to disclose clinically significant errors involving gametes and embryos as soon as they are discovered. Clinics also should have written policies in place for reducing and disclosing errors. This document was reviewed and affirmed in 2015 and replaces the earlier document of the same name (Fertil Steril 2011;96:1312-4).
Judith Daar, Paula Amato, Jean Benward, Lee Rubin Collins, Joseph B Davis, Leslie Francis, Elena Gates, Sigal Klipstein, Barbara Koenig, Laurence McCullough, Richard Reindollar, Mark Sauer, Rebecca Sokol, Andrea Stein, Sean Tipton, 0000-0003-0284-2845
J Daar, P Amato, J Benward, L Collins, Joe Davis, Joey Davis, J Davis, L Francis, E Gates, S Klipstein, Barb Koenig, B Koenig, Larry McCullough, L McCullough, Rick Reindollar, Dick Reindollar, Rich Reindollar, R Reindollar, M Sauer, Becky Sokol, R Sokol, A Stein, S Tipton
PMID 27001379 27001379 DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018 Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine et al. 2016, Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2016
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Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (2016). Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion. Fertility and sterility. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018
Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion. Fertility and sterility. 2016. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018
Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. "Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion." Fertility and sterility, 2016.
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