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Chris Anne Raymond, PhD

JAMA. 1988;259(4):464-469.

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A CASINO may have been just the right choice to discuss in vitro fertilization. Like gambling, "test-tube baby" technology is a chancy and expensive proposition, suggested many practitioners interviewed during the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society in Reno, Nev.

Ten years after Louise Brown's birth was ballyhooed in banner headlines, nearly 3000 babies owe their births to in vitro fertilization. This has given the procedure a cachet in the public's mind that even some of its advocates think is unwarranted.

Others think the technique is or will soon become the infertility treatment of choice.

Buffeted by the pressures of commercial interests and near-desperate patients searching for a technological miracle, the technique has become a major player in an increasingly lucrative infertility market. As such, it is at the center of a swirl of controversy. Questions about whether and how the performance of in vitro fertilization clinics should . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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