Human reproduction: possibilities and ethical borders.

Integrated care across borders: possibilities and complexities

The main purpose of this practice paper is to describe and analyse the possibilities and complexities of integrated health care across borders. First, we portray an ideal scenario for this type of care with a case of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and living in the Dutch-Belgian frontier area. It shows how cross border care enhances continuity of care/tailor-made care and the othe...

Genetic technologies: scientific possibilities and ethical principles

Reproduction without sex: social and ethical implications.

The development of the technique of in vitro fertilization (IVF) helped to make it possible for a couple to reproduce, to have a child, without normal sexual intercourse. Indeed this is the main point of the procedure: for there are many couples, about one in seven, who encounter difficulties in having children through normal sexual intercourse. For them, IVF provides an alternative way of crea...

Reproduction by cloning: a new ethical challenge.

Evaluating any new technology and its ethical implications, especially when there are human applications, first requires clear definitions and a good understanding of the subject. Words like “human cloning” can be frightening, and if they are not correctly understood in their technical context it can become impossible to deal with their import in a reasonable way. Therefore, it is better to beg...

Ethical and legal aspects of assisted reproduction practice in Asia.

This report describes the ethical and legal aspects of assisted reproduction technology (ART) that have been instituted in Asian countries. The data were collected by a questionnaire circulated to ART units in Asia. These are Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Iran, India, Jordan, Malaysia, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Persian Gulf countries....