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ArticleHealth care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy2005

Commercial agencies and surrogate motherhood: a transaction cost approach.

Mhairi Galbraith, Hugh V McLachlan, J Kim Swales

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Article in Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Commercial Surrogacy: An Overview.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022
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  2. Rethinking "Commercial" Surrogacy in Australia.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2015
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3 authors.

Mhairi GalbraithDepartment of Economics, University of Strathclyde, Sir William Duncan Building, Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 OGE.
Hugh V McLachlan
J Kim Swales

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the legal arrangements involved in UK surrogate motherhood from a transaction-cost perspective. We outline the specific forms the transaction costs take and critically comment on the way in which the UK institutional and organisational arrangements at present adversely influence transaction costs. We then focus specifically on the potential role of surrogacy agencies and look at UK and US evidence on commercial and voluntary agencies. Policy implications follow.

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CommerceContractsCosts and Cost AnalysisFees and ChargesGestational CarriersHumansMoralsOrganizational ObjectivesOrganizationsUncertaintyUnited KingdomUnited StatesGenetics and ReproductionLegal Approach

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