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Ethics of fertility preservation for prepubertal children: should clinicians offer procedures where efficacy is largely unproven?

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  • Rosalind J McDougall Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Children’s Bioethics Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lynn Gillam Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Children’s Bioethics Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Clare Delany Children’s Bioethics Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Medical Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yasmin Jayasinghe Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rosalind J McDougall, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne 3010, Victoria, Australia; rmcdo{at}unimelb.edu.au
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McDougall RJ, Gillam L, Delany C, et al
Ethics of fertility preservation for prepubertal children: should clinicians offer procedures where efficacy is largely unproven?
Journal of Medical Ethics 2018;44:27-31.

Publication history

  • Received November 3, 2016
  • Revised April 24, 2017
  • Accepted July 11, 2017
  • First published October 30, 2017.
Online issue publication 
December 18, 2017

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