Informed Consent in Assisted Reproductive Technology Services
- VernacularTitle:辅助生殖技术领域的知情同意
- Author:
Yihua YANG
;
Tao ZHANG
;
Yao WANG
;
Yun FENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
assisted reproductive technology;
informed consent;
practice;
challenges
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1995;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The assisted reproductive techniques in China have witnessed rapid development in the past two decades.However,it also brings up issues of ethics and laws,especially the urgent regulation and reinforcement of the procedure of informed consent.This article begins with an explanation of the procedure of informed consent.Then it discusses the decision of the content,major and difficult points of informed consent in assisted reproductive technology services based on the practice in this field.Finally,it discusses the challenges to informed consent.To well enforce an informed consent process,we should first ensure the contents are reasonable and just;second,clinicians should have a scientific understanding of the importance of informed consent and establish normative procedure of informed consent;third,we must work according to relative ethic demands.Last but not least,respecting patients is the key to the principle of ethics.
