Deciding whether to donate fetal tissue for research

Katherine E. MacDuffie, Jennifer C. Dempsey, Lucinda A. Cort, Dan Doherty, Ian Glass, Lyndsey Benson

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DOI: 10.1186/s12910-026-01420-8
Published: 2026-03-06
Container: BMC Medical Ethics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12910-026-01420-8,
  title = {Deciding whether to donate fetal tissue for research},
  author = {Katherine E. MacDuffie and Jennifer C. Dempsey and Lucinda A. Cort and Dan Doherty and Ian Glass and Lyndsey Benson},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMC Medical Ethics},
  doi = {10.1186/s12910-026-01420-8},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01420-8}
}

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TI  - Deciding whether to donate fetal tissue for research
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AU  - Jennifer C. Dempsey
AU  - Lucinda A. Cort
AU  - Dan Doherty
AU  - Ian Glass
AU  - Lyndsey Benson
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMC Medical Ethics
DO  - 10.1186/s12910-026-01420-8
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MacDuffie, K. E., Dempsey, J. C., Cort, L. A., Doherty, D., Glass, I., & Benson, L. (2026). Deciding whether to donate fetal tissue for research. BMC Medical Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01420-8

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