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Chapter 10 - Counseling Nonidentified Gamete Donors

from III - Third Party Reproduction: Assessment and Preparation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

By
Uschi Van den Broeck  and
Laura Josephs
Edited by
Sharon N. Covington
Sharon N. Covington
Affiliation:
Shady Grove Fertility, Rockville, MD
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Summary

The egg donor or sperm donor plays a very important role in the reproductive medicine practice. The donor is both a patient and not a patient. He or she is a patient in that he/she must be taken care of both physically and psychologically. He or she is not a patient, in that the donor is not presenting for his/her own treatment. When the gamete donor enters the consultation room, the fertility counselor will be challenged in his/her many different roles and responsibilities which we will identify and discuss in the chapter. In addition, we will highlight key issues in how to prepare for and conduct the clinical interview, the usefulness of, and decision making, regarding psychological testing, how to ensure informed consent can be given, discuss the short- and long-term implications of gamete donation and zoom in on the experience of the gamete donor.

Keywords

psychological counselingpsychological assessmentmental health professionalrolesthird-party reproductiondonor motivationdonor screeningdonor experiencede-identified gamete donorunknown gamete donorfertility counseling
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Fertility Counseling: Clinical Guide , pp. 106 - 114
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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