Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos.

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Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos.

November 9, 2011

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Fertil Steril. 2016;106:59-63.

This publication advocates for open disclosure of errors in reproductive medicine.

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