Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile.

Abstract:

:The Ethics Committee recommends development of evidence-based policies that are patient centered for each IVF center. In most cases, the provision of futile therapies is not ethically justifiable. For those treatments with very poor success rates, clinicians must be vigilant in their presentation of risks, benefits, and alternatives. This document was reviewed in June 2009. This version replaces the previous version of this document, published in October 2004.

journal_name

Fertil Steril

journal_title

Fertility and sterility

authors

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

doi

10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.979

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1194-1197

issue

4

eissn

0015-0282

issn

1556-5653

pii

S0015-0282(09)02475-3

journal_volume

92

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