BACKGROUND Infertility is estimated to affect as many as 186 million people worldwide.
Although male infertility contributes to more than half of all cases of global childlessness …

Background Approximately 50 000 oocyte donation (OD) treatment cycles are now
performed annually in Europe and the US. Objectives To ascertain whether the risk of …

Evidence on medical tourism, including patient motivation, is increasing. Existing studies
have focused on identifying push and pull factors across different types of treatment, for …

Involuntary childlessness, or infertility, is a condition that affects a sizeable number of
couples around the world (Mascarenhas et al. 2012). Assisted reproductive technologies …

Background Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon. This review of the literature maps
current knowledge and discusses findings with reference to the UK National Health Service …

BACKGROUND There are few systematic studies of the incidence of cross-border fertility
care and even fewer reports of qualitative research with those undertaking treatment outside …

Background It is imperative that researchers studying medical tourism connect their work
with policy, so that its real-world challenges can be better understood, and more effectively …

This article explores the intersections of power within transnational surrogacy in India, using
the lens of geography to examine surrogate women's and commissioning parents' …

Cross-border reproductive care (CBRC) is a rapidly growing phenomenon of interest to
governments and regulators, professionals working within the field of assisted reproductive …

Research question In women with singleton pregnancies conceived after assisted
reproductive technologies, does the in vitro fertilization with oocyte donation (IVF-OD) affect …