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Information Sharing in Donor Insemination: A Conflict of Rights and Needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2009

Ken R. Daniels
Ken R. Daniels
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Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Department of Social Work, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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It is now 110 years since the first reported medical use of donor insemination (DI). Despite its somewhat doubtful beginnings and its chequered history, especially up until the 1970s, DI has become a well accepted and utilised part of most infertility treatment services. An American survey in 1988 reported that approximately 80,000 women a year undergo the procedure, and that over 30,000 children are born each year. The only figures from the United Kingdom cover a 5-month period between August 1 and December 31, 1991, and show that 4,260 patients were treated with DI during this period. The treatment was carried out in 85 different centres.

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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , Spring 1995 , pp. 217 - 224
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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