Ethics, advertising, and assisted reproduction: The goals and methods of advertising

Dyer, Allen R.

doi:10.1016/s1049-3867(97)00022-4

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“…People seeking help with infertility are more likely to have high educational attainment and may be accustomed to accessing information from PubMed, Medline, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web pages (16). Nevertheless, the psychological distress experienced by many individuals with an infertility diagnosis can cloud the ability, even among sophisticated consumers, to distinguish fact from fiction and marketing ploy from useful information (17).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the Quality of Infertility Resources on the World Wide Web: Tools to Guide Clients Through the Maze of Fact and Fiction

Okamura

Bernstein²,

Fidler³

2002

J Midwife Womens Health

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The Internet has become a major source of health information for women, but information placed on the World Wide Web does not routinely undergo a peer review process before dissemination. In this study, we present an analysis of 197 infertility-related Web sites for quality and accountability, using JAMA's minimal core standards for responsible print. Only 2% of the web sites analyzed met all four recommended standards, and 50.8% failed to report any of the four. Commercial web sites were more likely to fail to meet minimum standards (71.2%) than those with educational (46.8%) or supportive (29.8%) elements. Web sites with educational and informational components were most common (70.6%), followed by commercial sites (52.8%) and sites that offered a forum for infertility support and activism (28.9%). Internet resources available to infertile patients are at best variable. The current state of infertility-related materials on the World Wide Web offers unprecedented opportunities to improve services to a growing number of e-health users. Because of variations in quality of site content, women's health clinicians must assume responsibility for a new role as information monitor. This study provides assessment tools clinicians can apply and share with clients.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the Quality of Infertility Resources on the World Wide Web: Tools to Guide Clients Through the Maze of Fact and Fiction

Okamura

Bernstein²,

Fidler³

2002

J Midwife Womens Health

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“…Major ethical concerns regarding advertisement in the fi eld of ART include truthfulness of information and sensitive use of images. 45 Nevertheless, we found that success stories are usually highlighted without paying heed to possible treatment failures, and success rates are either lacking altogether or presented confusingly. The emphasis on the desire to conceive and on the incompleteness of childless women on some of the websites resonates with the patriarchal orientation of Pakistan's society.…”

Section: Insensitive Advertisementmentioning

confidence: 90%

An Ethical Analysis of Assisted Reproduction Providers’ Websites in Pakistan

Irshad¹,

Werner-Felmayer²

2016

Camb Q Healthc Ethics

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Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reproductive genetic technologies (RGTs) are intertwined and coevolving. These technologies are increasingly used to fulfill socially and culturally framed requests, for example, "family balancing," or to enable postmenopausal women or homosexual couples to have genetically linked children. The areas of ART and RGT are replete with ethical issues, because different social practices and legal regulations, as well as economic inequalities within and among countries, create vulnerable groups and, therefore, the potential for exploitation. This article provides an overview of the ART and RGT landscape in Pakistan and analyzes the available online content addressing Pakistani citizens and international clients. We explored the topic in view of socioeconomic challenges in Pakistan, particularly deeply rooted poverty, lack of education, gender discrimination, and absence of regulation. As online information given by ART and RGT providers is readily available and could easily raise false hopes, make use of discriminatory statements with regard to women, and promote gender selection to meet sociocultural expectations, it should be subjected to quality control.

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“…Much advertising is antithetical to professional goals of patient benefit (Dyer, 1995(Dyer, , 1997a. For physicians, providing information about services offered and fees charged is consistent with patient benefit, but attempts to differentiate the product are suspect.…”

Section: The Ethics Of Advertisingmentioning

confidence: 99%