Safety, Efficacy, and Complexities in ART Practice: Physician Commentary

Abstract

There are few patient care processes for which a team approach is more important than for assisted reproduction. Close, continuous communication is required at many levels among physicians, nursing staff, therapists, the various laboratories, and patients. Quality of care is associated with the reduction of medical errors through processes of risk management, mechanisms to allow the safe evolution of assisted reproductive technology care within the clinic, and how clinics ethically communicate with team members and with patients through informed consent and direct and honest interaction.

Keywords

assisted reproduction - IVF - medical errors - risk management - informed consent

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