Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion

Medical providers have an ethical duty to disclose clinically significant errors involving gametes and embryos as soon as they are discovered. Clinics also should have written policies in place for reducing and disclosing errors. This document was reviewed and affirmed in 2015 and replaces the earli...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Fertility and sterility 2016-07, Vol.106 (1), p.59-63
Hauptverfasser:	Daar, Judith, Amato, Paula, Benward, Jean, Collins, Lee Rubin, Davis, Joseph B., Francis, Leslie, Gates, Elena, Klipstein, Sigal, Koenig, Barbara, McCullough, Laurence, Reindollar, Richard, Sauer, Mark, Sokol, Rebecca, Stein, Andrea, Tipton, Sean
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Embryo Disposition - ethics Embryo, Mammalian Ethics Committees Germ Cells Humans Internal Medicine Medical Errors - ethics Near Miss, Healthcare - ethics Obstetrics and Gynecology Policy Making Reproductive Medicine - ethics Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - adverse effects Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - ethics Truth Disclosure - ethics
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Zusammenfassung:	Medical providers have an ethical duty to disclose clinically significant errors involving gametes and embryos as soon as they are discovered. Clinics also should have written policies in place for reducing and disclosing errors. This document was reviewed and affirmed in 2015 and replaces the earlier document of the same name (Fertil Steril 2011;96:1312–4).
ISSN:	0015-0282 1556-5653
DOI:	10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018