C Samorinha1, C De Freitas1,2,3, I Baía1,2, H Machado4, E Vale-Fernandes5, S Silva6,7. 1. EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas, no. 135, 4050-600, Porto, Portugal. 2. Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses e Educação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal. 3. Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL), University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026, Lisbon, Portugal. 4. Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal. 5. Centro de Procriação Medicamente Assistida / Banco Público de Gâmetas; Serviço de Ginecologia - Departamento da Mulher e da Medicina Reprodutiva, Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, EPE, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal. 6. EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas, no. 135, 4050-600, Porto, Portugal. susilva@ispup.up.pt. 7. Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses e Educação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal. susilva@ispup.up.pt.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Regulation of payment to gamete donors varies substantially across countries. The development of an ethically sustainable governance system of payments in gamete donation demands that the preferences of different stakeholders be heard. This study intends to contribute to improving the understanding of payment to gamete donors by analysing the views of donors and recipients about the preferred form of payment and its associations with their sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 70 donors and 172 recipients recruited at the Portuguese Public Bank of Gametes (July 2017-June 2018). Participants completed a self-reported questionnaire. Views about the preferred form of payment were collected through a multiple-choice question and an open-ended item. Associations were quantified through χ2 tests; content analysis was conducted with the open-ended answers. RESULTS: Both donors (48.6%) and recipients (40.7%) considered that reimbursement is the preferred form of payment to ensure solidarity-based motivations to donate. This option was followed by compensation for non-financial losses (41.4% of donors; 33.7% of recipients) based on gender equity. Preference for a fixed reward (22.7% of recipients; 8.6% of donors) was less frequent among younger donors and married/living with a partner or employed recipients, being based on the promotion of equality. CONCLUSION: In the context of the search for cross-border reproductive care and gamete circulation across countries, the findings from this study claim for the need to create solutions for payment to gamete donors that take into account gender equity and are simultaneously sensitive to donor's actual expenses and further health complications.
PURPOSE: Regulation of payment to gamete donors varies substantially across countries. The development of an ethically sustainable governance system of payments in gamete donation demands that the preferences of different stakeholders be heard. This study intends to contribute to improving the understanding of payment to gamete donors by analysing the views of donors and recipients about the preferred form of payment and its associations with their sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 70 donors and 172 recipients recruited at the Portuguese Public Bank of Gametes (July 2017-June 2018). Participants completed a self-reported questionnaire. Views about the preferred form of payment were collected through a multiple-choice question and an open-ended item. Associations were quantified through χ2 tests; content analysis was conducted with the open-ended answers. RESULTS: Both donors (48.6%) and recipients (40.7%) considered that reimbursement is the preferred form of payment to ensure solidarity-based motivations to donate. This option was followed by compensation for non-financial losses (41.4% of donors; 33.7% of recipients) based on gender equity. Preference for a fixed reward (22.7% of recipients; 8.6% of donors) was less frequent among younger donors and married/living with a partner or employed recipients, being based on the promotion of equality. CONCLUSION: In the context of the search for cross-border reproductive care and gamete circulation across countries, the findings from this study claim for the need to create solutions for payment to gamete donors that take into account gender equity and are simultaneously sensitive to donor's actual expenses and further health complications.
Authors: Daniel Bodri; Juan José Guillén; Ana Polo; Marta Trullenque; Carolina Esteve; Oriol Coll Journal: Reprod Biomed Online Date: 2008-08 Impact factor: 3.828
Authors: Jonathan Ives; Michael Dunn; Bert Molewijk; Jan Schildmann; Kristine Bærøe; Lucy Frith; Richard Huxtable; Elleke Landeweer; Marcel Mertz; Veerle Provoost; Annette Rid; Sabine Salloch; Mark Sheehan; Daniel Strech; Martine de Vries; Guy Widdershoven Journal: BMC Med Ethics Date: 2018-07-10 Impact factor: 2.652