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ETICĂ ŞI VULNERABILITATE ÎN REPRODUCEREA ASISTATĂ. STUDIU DE CAZ
ETHICS AND VULNERABILITY IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION.CASE STUDY

Author(s): Mihaela Frunză
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: bioethics; assisted reproduction; vulnerable population; transplant; Romania.

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the ways in which the concept of „vulnerability” might be applied in an applied ethical analysis to the technologies of assisted reproduction. In order to facilitate the analysis, a problematic, highly-publicized study case is discussed – namely, the scandal involving human eggs from the Sabyc clinic. As shown from the analysis, the degrees of vulnerability are distributed in different ways to the various categories of participants, and the current legislative framework is not sufficiently adapted to all the features of these technologies.

  • Issue Year: 55/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 23-30
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian