Review article
MEDICAL AND ETHICAL DOUBTS CONSIDERING RESEARCH OF EARLY EMBRYOS
Asim Kurjak
; Faculty of Medicine, Zagreb
Abstract
Research on the preembryo has been surrounded with ethical questions for many years. These questions remain important because of the potential benefits to be gained from the research and the ongoing urgency of the ethical concerns both for and against it. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Ethics has offered a position that approves preembryo research but limits it according to ethical guidelines. This position advocates treatment of the preembryo with respect but not the same level of respects as is given to human persons. It is important to public discourse and to the practice of responsible medicine that physicians become aware of the medical and ethical issues involved in the complex area of preembryo research. This paper aims to present relevant considerations from the findings of contemporary embryology and to propose ethical guidelines for research.
Keywords
embryo; embryology; ethical considerations; gametes; human preembryos; implantation
Hrčak ID:
141528
URI
Publication date:
15.5.1997.
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