Risk Information Provided to Prospective Oocyte Donors in a Preliminary Phone Call

In order to accommodate for the present shortage of oocyte donors, oocyte-donation programs place ads in college newspapers and provide large monetary compensation to encourage participation. Large compensation acts as a strong incentive for young women to undergo the potentially risky procedure of...

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Published inAmerican journal of bioethics Vol. 1; no. 4; pp. 3 - 13
Main Author Gurmankin, Andrea D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Taylor & Francis Group 2001
The MIT Press
Subjects
Adult
Advertising as Topic
Bioethics
Conflict of Interest
Data Collection
Disclosure
Donation of organs, tissues, etc
Ethics
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Fees and Charges
Female
Fertilization (in vitro)
Health Services - standards
Human reproduction
Humans
INFORMED CONSENT
IVF
Medical ethics
Medical sector
Motivation
OOCYTE DONATION
Oocyte Donation - adverse effects
Oocyte Donation - economics
Oocyte Donation - standards
Organizational Policy
REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Risk
Risk communication
RISK INFORMATION
Students
Surrogate mothers
Tissue Donors
United States
Universities
United States
Genetics and Reproduction
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Summary:In order to accommodate for the present shortage of oocyte donors, oocyte-donation programs place ads in college newspapers and provide large monetary compensation to encourage participation. Large compensation acts as a strong incentive for young women to undergo the potentially risky procedure of donation. In this enticing situation, it is particularly important for programs to fully inform prospective donors of the risks of the procedure so that they can accurately weigh the costs and benefits of donating. However, because oocyte-donor programs must alleviate the shortage of donors if they wish to maintain a financially viable business, there is reason to fear that they may minimize or misrepresent risks when recruiting egg donors. In this pilot study, the risk information provided by programs (n=19) to prospective oocyte donors in a preliminary phone call inquiry was investigated. The majority of the programs provided incomplete and/or inaccurate risk information. Policy changes are recommended to reduce the potential for undue influence and to standardize and regulate the risk information provided to prospective egg donors.
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ISSN:1526-5161
1536-0075
DOI:10.1162/152651601317139207