| Posthumous sperm retrieval for the purpose of later insemination or IVF in Israel: an ethical and psychosocial critique. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 15243009 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
In October 2003, the Attorney General of the Government of Israel published guidelines allowing posthumous sperm retrieval for the purpose of later insemination or IVF by the surviving female partner. This paper presents an ethical and psycho-social critique of the guidelines, which challenges their basic premise that personal autonomy over-rides any other ethical principle and argues that the autonomy of the adult should not over-ride the well-being of the offspring. It also shows that, despite the centrality of autonomy in the guidelines, they actually infringe on the autonomy of the deceased, and pose challenges to that of the surviving partner. It questions the propriety and very possibility of ascertaining the 'presumed wishes' of the deceased for a posthumous child. Finally, it argues against the document's presentation of posthumous sperm retrieval as a medical procedure and contends that, on the contrary, medicine and science are suborned to the exploitation of the dead. |
| | |
Authors:
|
R Landau |
Related Documents
:
|
9494639 - Metaclinical issues in the treatment of psychopolitical trauma. 8044049 - Subcortical disease and neuropsychiatric illness. 19702059 - Medical practice today: what you have to say. your top challenges: results from mgma's ... 21079589 - Grand challenge commentary: accessing new chemical space for 'undruggable' targets. 20823999 - The fourth annual meeting of the international network for pediatric hemophilia: curren... 19133109 - Next-generation biomass feedstocks for biofuel production. 21429959 - Normative consent and organ donation: a vindication. 10134839 - Physician-assisted suicide. legal rulings skirt around ethics of aid-in-dying. 13694949 - A comparison of purified tuberculins in the south-eastern usa. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2004-07-08 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Human reproduction (Oxford, England) Volume: 19 ISSN: 0268-1161 ISO Abbreviation: Hum. Reprod. Publication Date: 2004 Sep |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2004-08-23 Completed Date: 2005-03-09 Revised Date: 2006-09-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 8701199 Medline TA: Hum Reprod Country: England |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 1952-6 Citation Subset: E; IM |
Affiliation:
|
Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. mslanda@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Cadaver* Child Child Welfare Ethics, Clinical* Female Fertilization in Vitro* Human Rights Humans Insemination, Artificial* Israel Male Maternal Welfare Personal Autonomy Presumed Consent Spermatozoa* Tissue and Organ Harvesting / ethics*, psychology* |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Early cleavage is a valuable addition to existing embryo selection parameters: a study using single ...
Next Document: Controlled-release methylphenidate improves attention during on-road driving by adolescents with att...