PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - L J Li AU - G X Lu TI - How medical ethical principles are applied in treatment with artificial insemination by donors (AID) in Hunan, China: effective practice at the Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya AID - 10.1136/jme.2004.007831 DP - 2005 Jun 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 333--337 VI - 31 IP - 6 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/6/333.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/6/333.full SO - J Med Ethics2005 Jun 01; 31 AB - This paper investigates the efficiency of application of medical ethics principles in the practice of artificial insemination by donors (AID) in China, in a culture characterised by traditional ethical values and disapproval of AID. The paper presents the ethical approach to AID treatment as established by the Reproduction and Genetics Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya (CITIC Hunan-Yale Approach) in the central southern area of China against the social ethical background of China and describes its general features. The CITIC-Xiangya Approach facilitates the implementation of ethical relations between clinicians and patients participating in AID treatment procedures in Hunan-Yale.