‘False hope’ in assisted reproduction : the normative significance of the external outlook and moral negotiation
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- Dorian Accoe (UGent) and Seppe Segers (UGent)
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- Despite the frequent invocation of ‘false hope’ and possible related moral concerns in the context of assisted reproduction technologies, a focused ethical and conceptual problematisation of this concept seems to be lacking. We argue that an invocation of ‘false hope’ only makes sense if the fulfilment of a desired outcome (eg, a successful fertility treatment) is impossible, and if it is attributed from an external perspective. The evaluation incurred by this third party may foreclose a given perspective from being an object of hope. However, this evaluation is not a mere statistical calculation or observation based on probabilities but is dependent on several factors that should be acknowledgeable as morally relevant. This is important because it allows room for, and encourages, reasoned disagreement and moral negotiation. Accordingly, the object of hope itself, whether or not based on socially embedded desires or practices, can be a topic of debate.
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- Issues, ethics and legal aspects, Health (social science), Medical Ethics, Reproductive Medicine
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01GZNVJF7633E0MW9B5SJ5XPEB
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- Accoe, Dorian, and Seppe Segers. “‘False Hope’ in Assisted Reproduction : The Normative Significance of the External Outlook and Moral Negotiation.” JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS, vol. 50, no. 3, 2024, pp. 181–84, doi:10.1136/jme-2023-108916.
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- Accoe, D., & Segers, S. (2024). “False hope” in assisted reproduction : the normative significance of the external outlook and moral negotiation. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS, 50(3), 181–184. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-108916
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- Accoe, Dorian, and Seppe Segers. 2024. “‘False Hope’ in Assisted Reproduction : The Normative Significance of the External Outlook and Moral Negotiation.” JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 50 (3): 181–84. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-108916.
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- Accoe, Dorian, and Seppe Segers. 2024. “‘False Hope’ in Assisted Reproduction : The Normative Significance of the External Outlook and Moral Negotiation.” JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 50 (3): 181–184. doi:10.1136/jme-2023-108916.
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- 1.Accoe D, Segers S. “False hope” in assisted reproduction : the normative significance of the external outlook and moral negotiation. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS. 2024;50(3):181–4.
- IEEE
- [1]D. Accoe and S. Segers, “‘False hope’ in assisted reproduction : the normative significance of the external outlook and moral negotiation,” JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 181–184, 2024.
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