TY - JOUR ID - 45476 TI - Attitude of Law and Medical Students to Oocyte Donation JO - International Journal of Fertility and Sterility JA - IJFS LA - en SN - 2008-076X AU - Vesali, Samira AU - Karimi, Elaheh AU - Mohammadi, Maryam AU - Samani, Reza-Omani AD - Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedical, ACECR, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 114 EP - 118 KW - Attitude KW - Disclosure KW - infertility KW - oocyte donation DO - 10.22074/ijfs.2018.5178 N2 - Background Among the young generation, medical and law students’ attitude towards third party reproduction is very important because they will be directly involved in restricting or developing the programs that will support it in the future. The aim of this survey was to investigate attitude of law and medical students to oocyte donation and key aspects of this kind of third party. Materials and Methods In analytical cross-sectional study, 345 medical and law students were randomly selected using stratified sampling. Data was collected using attitude toward donation- oocyte (ATOD-O) questionnaire. Re- sponses were on a 5-point Likert scale. Data were analyzed according to established statistical approach by Heeren and D'Agostino. Results The majority of the participants agreed with oocyte donation being the last choice for infertility treatment. There was a significant difference between medical students and law students regarding the acceptance of oocyte donation (3.23 vs. 3.53, P=0.025). In addition, female participants were more tolerant on receiving donated oocytes from their sisters than male participants (3.01 vs. 2.58, P=0.002) and finally, a higher number of the participants had a positive attitude towards anonymity of the donor and the recipient to one another (3.93 vs. 3.86, P=0.580). The vast majority of female students believed that the oocyte recipient naturally likes that child (P < 0.0001). Conclusion In the current study, a great majority of law and medical students support oocyte donation as an alternative way of starting a family. There is an interest among female students in donating oocytes anonymously. The majority believed that the oocyte recipient family will like the donor oocyte child naturally. UR - https://www.ijfs.ir/article_45476.html L1 - https://www.ijfs.ir/article_45476_7624af469c355eee32d1caa5e992dd0a.pdf ER -