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Study will look at how professionals approach the complex ethics of IVF.
2004 NOV 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- How do health professionals approach the complex and sensitive ethics of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo research in their work?
While there is a great deal of public debate on contentious issues such as the ethics of stem cell research, egg sharing between couples, and the risk of multiple births, little is known about how professionals deal with these issues in day-to-day practice.
A study is to be conducted by University of York sociologist Anne Kerr, who specializes in the ethical aspects of genetics, and Henry Leese, an embryologist in the Department of Biology.
The researchers will look at the ways in which the professionals deal every day with public concerns, official rules, and guidelines about embryo research and assisted conception. Kerr will work alongside scientists and clinicians in a range of laboratories and clinics to understand what ethics mean to them, focusing in particular on their efforts to make IVF safer and more effective.
This will include consideration of the licensing and inspection procedures of the U.K. Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, the process of gaining approval for research from Research ...
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