Challenges to ART market: a Polish case.

In the paper we are analyzing the Polish ART market. It can be noticed that the lack of legal regulation has resulted in many discrepancies among the policies adopted by various ART agencies. The social acceptance of ART procedures available mostly in private clinics led to growing commercialization of the Polish ART market.

"The angel of the house" in the realm of ART: feminist approach to oocyte and spare embryo donation for research.

The spectacular progress in assisted reproduction technology that has been witnessed for the past thirty years resulted in emerging new ethical dilemmas as well as the revision of some perennial ones. The paper aims at a feminist approach to oocyte and spare embryo donation for research. First, referring to different concepts of autonomy and informed consent, we discuss whether the decision to donate oocyte/embryo can truly be an autonomous choice of a female patient.

[Indications for surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms].

The results of the surgical treatment of 115 patients with the abdominal aortal aneurysms are presented. Indications to surgery depending on the stage of aneurysm, way of classification, and coexisting cardiological disorders have been discussed. Excellent and favorable results of surgery have been achieved in 70 patients (60.