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Is posthumous semen retrieval ethically permissible?
- Correspondence to: Dr R D Orr, Director of Ethics, Fletcher Allen health Care/University of Vermont College of Medicine, 111 Colchester Avenue—Burgess 325, Burlington, VT 05401, USA; robert.orr{at}vtmednet.org
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Is posthumous semen retrieval ethically permissible?
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- Accepted May 24, 2002
- Revised March 4, 2002
- First published October 1, 2002.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2002 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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