A systematic review of assisted and third-party reproduction guidelines regarding management and care of donors

Table 3 Content of counseling recommended by different guidelines for gamete/embryo donors

*	Name	Donation motivation	Donation implications	Contact with donation offspring	Legal issues	Time of counseling	Special concerns
1	Guidelines for counselling in infertility [43]	+	+	+	+	Before, during, and after donation	Known donors, embryo donors
2	Psychological guidelines for embryo donation [44]	+	-	-	+	-	-
3	Assisted Human Reproduction Counselling Practice Guidelines [45]	+	+	+	+	Before, during, and after donation	Known donors, embryo donors
4	Guidelines for Third Party Reproduction [47]	+	-	-	+	Follow-up care	-
5	Guidance regarding gamete and embryo donation [30]	+	+	+	+	-	Known donors
6	Code of practice (9th edition) [34]	-	+	+	+	Before, during, and after donation	-
7	Good practice recommendations for information provision for those involved in reproductive donation [51]	-	+	+	+	Before, during, and after donation	Known donors, Egg share donors
8	Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology [49]	+	+	+	+	-	-

(‘+’ means that there are recommendations in the guideline about this topic, ‘- ‘means that this topic has not been mentioned in the guideline)

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