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Elizabeth Brooks <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:55:30 -0500
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I'm not sure if there is any **research** on the notion of human milk donor
anonymity.  Lois Arnold's article on human milk banking ethics discusses
some of ramifications of giving and receiving milk (Arnold L, The enthics
of donor human milk banking, Breastfeeding Med (2006): 1:1,3-13.

The medical situation is not the same, of course, but there is an
interesting ethical discussion (esp. chap. 2) in the book "Nameless
Relations" by Monica Konrad,
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=p4E4smxFS1wC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=anonymity+of+organ+tissue+fluid+donors&ots=U9SH3Saukb&sig=4RxIfBT-Tuh3-AOb19dvHkXx1H8#v=onepage&q&f=false
that describes the traditional anonymity of human egg donors as a means of
protecting the sanctity and conjugal stability of the recipient family
[translation: two parents are enough, thank you].  Anonymity is seen as
providing "legal and emotional protection against various speculative
scenarios."   She also discusses Titmuss' landmark 1970 publication The
Gift Relationship (in which he argues for altruistic organ and tissue
donations).

Egg, tissue, donor and human milk donation are all very different, but the
ethical and moral quandaries, given the advancement of medical technology,
make us have to explore perhaps uncomfortable or unfamiliar notions
involving "various speculative scenarios."

-- 
Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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