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

Judith Daar; Paula Amato; Jean Benward; Lee Rubin Collins; Joseph B. Davis; Leslie Francis; Elena Gates; Sigal Klipstein; Barbara Koenig; Laurence McCullough; Richard Reindollar; Mark Sauer; Rebecca Sokol; Andrea Stein; Sean Tipton

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018

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

Judith Daar, Paula Amato, Jean Benward, Lee Rubin Collins, Joseph B. Davis, Leslie Francis, Elena Gates, Sigal Klipstein, Barbara Koenig, Laurence McCullough, Richard Reindollar, Mark Sauer, Rebecca Sokol, Andrea Stein, Sean Tipton

Obstetrics and Gynecology

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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).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	59-63
Number of pages	5
Journal	Fertility and sterility
Volume	106
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018
State	Published - Jul 1 2016

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Reproductive Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Daar, J., Amato, P., Benward, J., Collins, L. R., Davis, J. B., Francis, L., Gates, E., Klipstein, S., Koenig, B., McCullough, L., Reindollar, R., Sauer, M., Sokol, R., Stein, A., & Tipton, S. (2016). Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion. Fertility and sterility, 106(1), 59-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018

Daar, J, Amato, P, Benward, J, Collins, LR, Davis, JB, Francis, L, Gates, E, Klipstein, S, Koenig, B, McCullough, L, Reindollar, R, Sauer, M, Sokol, R, Stein, A & Tipton, S 2016, 'Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion', Fertility and sterility, vol. 106, no. 1, pp. 59-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.018

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