Ethical and legal issues in gestational surrogacy

Casella Claudia; Capasso Emanuele; Terracciano Lucia; Delbon Paola; Fedeli Piergiorgio; Salzano Francesco Antonio; Policino Fabio; Niola Massimo

doi:10.1515/med-2018-0019

Open Medicine (Apr 2018)

Ethical and legal issues in gestational surrogacy

Casella Claudia,
Capasso Emanuele,
Terracciano Lucia,
Delbon Paola,
Fedeli Piergiorgio,
Salzano Francesco Antonio,
Policino Fabio,
Niola Massimo

Affiliations

Casella Claudia: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”. Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
Capasso Emanuele: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”. Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
Terracciano Lucia: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples, Section of Legal Medicine, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
Delbon Paola: Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia – Centre of Bioethics Research (with the contribution of IRCCS “S.Giovanni di Dio – Fatebenefratelli”), Italy. P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy
Fedeli Piergiorgio: Jurisprudence School, University of Camerino, Via A. D’Accorso 16, 62032Camerino (MC), Italy
Salzano Francesco Antonio: Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Salernitan Medical School”, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Policino Fabio: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”. Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
Niola Massimo: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”. Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2018-0019
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 119 – 121

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This study originated from events that occurred in 2014 in an Italian hospital, where the embryos of a couple, obtained by means of homologous insemination, were mistakenly implanted into the uterus of another woman who, along with her husband, underwent the same treatment.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
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