Bob and Jane go to Argentina: The Ethics of Cross-Border Care

Authors

  • Elise Smith Bioethics Program, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
  • Carolina Martin Research Ethics Board, Centre Jeunesse de Montréal-Institut Universitaire, Montreal, Canada
  • Jason Behrmann Institute of Gender Sexuality and Feminist Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Bryn Williams-Jones Bioethics Program, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Keywords:

medical tourism, reproductive tourism, in vitro fertility treatments

Language(s):

English

Abstract

This case study presents the story of a typical North American couple searching for fertility treatments on the Internet. This search leads to sites of clinics in other countries, which gets them thinking about traveling abroad for medical services – also known as medical tourism.

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Published

2012-03-19

Issue

Vol. 1 (2012)

Section

Case studies

License

Copyright (c) 2012 Elise Smith, Carolina Martin, Jason Behrmann, Bryn Williams-Jones

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.