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Researcher
Heidi Mertes
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102
Results
2025
Ethical considerations on surrogacy
Francoise Shenfield
Basil Tarlatzis
Guiliana Baccino
Theofano Bounartzi
Lucy Frith
Guido Pennings
Veerle Provoost
Nathalie Vermeulen
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2025
The information, control, and value models of mobile health‐driven empowerment
Jesse Gray
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOETHICS
2025
2024
'Do I want children later in life?' : reproductive intentions of 1700 adolescents
Ilse Delbaere
Michel De Vos
Sara Somers
Margherita Condorelli
David Pening
Annick Bogaerts
Hannelore Vandepitte
Dominic Stoop
Joyce Harper
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CONTRACEPTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
2024
Age‐related hearing loss and 'hearables' : an agenda for moral considerations
Michiel De Proost
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOETHICS
2024
Attitude of Belgian women towards enucleated egg donation for treatment of mitochondrial diseases and infertility
Guido Pennings
Björn Heindryckx
Dominic Stoop
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE
2024
Deconstructing self-fulfilling outcome measures in infertility treatment
Mayli Mertens
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOETHICS
2024
ESHRE guideline : number of embryos to transfer during IVF/ICSI
[missing] ESHRE Guideline Group on the Number of Embryos to Transfer
Alessandra Alteri
Gemma Arroyo
Giuliana Baccino
Laurentiu Craciunas
Christian De Geyter
Thomas Ebner
Martina Koleva
Klaudija Kordic
Saria Mcheik
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2024
Ethical considerations on the moral status of the embryo and embryo-like structures
[missing] Writing Group of the ESHRE Ethics Committee
Guido Pennings
Wybo Dondorp
Mina Popovic
Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2024
Ethical issues related to cryopreserved reproductive specimen
Heidi Mertes
Bookchapter
in
Cryopreservation in assisted reproduction
2024
Fertility clinics have a duty of care towards patients who do not have children with treatment
Sofia Gameiro
Daniela Leone
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2024
How to deal with uninformed and poorly informed opinions of citizens? A critical approach to online public engagement
Chloé Mayeur
Heidi Mertes
Wannes Van Hoof
A2
Journal Article
in
CITIZEN SCIENCE : THEORY AND PRACTICE
2024
Managing risks for genetic conditions in donor sperm treatment : current practices in Belgian fertility clinics
Dorian Accoe
Guido Pennings
Kelly Tilleman
Frauke Vanden Meerschaut
Sandra Janssens
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE
2024
Modern ethical dilemmas in ART
Seppe Segers
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
Bookchapter
in
Reference module in biomedical sciences
2024
Rationalizing patients : clinical decision support systems, patient decision aids and patient autonomy
Jasper Debrabander
Heidi Mertes
Tom Goffin
Mahsa Shabani
Dissertation
2024
Responsibility gap(s) due to the introduction of AI in healthcare : an Ubuntu-inspired approach
Brandon Ferlito
Seppe Segers
Michiel De Proost
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
2024
Screening embryos for polygenic disease risk : a review of epidemiological, clinical, and ethical considerations
Antonio Capalbo
Guido de Wert
Heidi Mertes
Liraz Klausner
Edith Coonen
Francesca Spinella
Hilde Van de Velde
Stephane Viville
Karen Sermon
Nathalie Vermeulen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE
2024
Should we use expanded carrier screening in gamete donation?
Antonio Capalbo
Josep Pla
Sandra Janssens
Dorian Accoe
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
FERTILITY AND STERILITY
2024
The ethics of disclosing reported conditions in donor-conceived offspring to recipients of the same donor
Dorian Accoe
Guido Pennings
Sandra Janssens
Frauke Vanden Meerschaut
Heidi Mertes
C3
Conference
2024
The personalized patient preference predictor : a harmful and misleading solution losing sight of the problem it claims to solve
Heidi Mertes
Editorial material
2024
2023
Do adolescents want children in later life and why (not)?
Ilse Delbaere
Michel De Vos
Sara Somers
Margherita Condorelli
David Pening
Marijke Merckx
Annick Bogaerts
Hannelore Vandepitte
Dominic Stoop
Joyce Harper
et al.
C3
Conference
2023
Do genomic passports leave us more vulnerable or less vulnerable? Perspectives from an online citizen engagement
Chloé Mayeur
Heidi Mertes
Wannes Van Hoof
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
2023
Stimulating fertility awareness : the importance of getting the language right
Heidi Mertes
J Harper
J Boivin
M Ekstrand Ragnar
B Grace
M Moura-Ramos
S Rautakallio-Hokkanen
M Simopoulou
K Hammarberg
[missing] the International Reproductive Health Education Collaboration
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION OPEN
2023
2022
Assessing the normative significance of desire satisfaction
Seppe Segers
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
METAPHILOSOPHY
2022
Enthusiasm, concern and ambivalence in the Belgian public’s attitude towards in-vitro gametogenesis
Heidi Mertes
Tina Goethals
Seppe Segers
Marie Huysentruyt
Guido Pennings
Veerle Provoost
A2
Journal Article
in
REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE & SOCIETY ONLINE
2022
Ethical considerations of fertility preservation
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Bookchapter
in
Female and male fertility preservation
2022
The curious case of 'trust' in the light of changing doctor-patient relationships
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOETHICS
2022
Watson, autonomy and value flexibility : revisiting the debate
Jasper Debrabander
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS
2022
2021
A qualitative study among patients with an inherited retinal disease on the meaning of genomic unsolicited findings
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Tania Moerenhout
Caroline Van Cauwenbergh
Bart Leroy
Ignaas Devisch
Elfride De Baere
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2021
An ethical exploration of pregnancy related mHealth : does it deliver?
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
MEDICINE HEALTH CARE AND PHILOSOPHY
2021
2020
Between innovation and precaution : how did offspring safety considerations play a role in strategies of introducing new reproductive techniques?
V. Jans
W. Dondorp
S. Mastenbroek
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
H. Smeets
G. de Wert
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION OPEN
2020
Bioethics in human reproduction (human reproductive genetics)
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Bookchapter
in
Human reproductive genetics
2020
Disclosing incidental and secondary findings in clinical genomics : professional practice, patient experience and ethical reflection
Marlies Saelaert
Ignaas Devisch
Heidi Mertes
Elfride De Baere
Dissertation
2020
Does human genome editing reinforce or violate human dignity?
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOETHICS
2020
Ethical values supporting the disclosure of incidental and secondary findings in clinical genomic testing : a qualitative study
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Tania Moerenhout
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC MEDICAL ETHICS
2020
Follow-up in the field of reproductive medicine : an ethical exploration
Verna Jans
Wybo Dondorp
Maryse Bonduelle
Christine de Die
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Guido de Wert
A1
Journal Article
in
REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE
2020
Reporting, recording, and communication of COVID-19 cases in workplace : data protection as a moving target
Mahsa Shabani
Tom Goffin
Heidi Mertes
Editorial material
2020
Reproductive Endocrinology Infertility (REI) : specialists' utilization and attitudes toward Expanded Carrier Screening (ECS) for third-party oocyte donors
Tanya L. Glenn
Nigel Pereira
Jody Madeira
Rose A. Maxwell
J. Preston Parry
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Steven R. Lindheim
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY OF INDIA
2020
The ethics of ectogenesis‐aided foetal treatment
Seppe Segers
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOETHICS
2020
2019
Criteria for reporting incidental findings in clinical exome sequencing : a focus group study on professional practices and perspectives in Belgian genetic centres
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Tania Moerenhout
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC MEDICAL GENOMICS
2019
Criteria for reporting incidental findings in clinical whole exome sequencing : professional practice and perspective in Belgian genetic centres
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
C3
Conference
2019
Expanded preconception carrier screening in clinical practice : review of technology, guidelines, implementation challenges, and ethical quandaries
Ting Zhang
Jody Madeira
Yao Lu
Yun Sun
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Steven R. Lindheim
A1
Journal Article
in
CLINICAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
2019
Getting what you desire : the normative significance of genetic relatedness in parent-child relationships
Seppe Segers
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
MEDICINE HEALTH CARE AND PHILOSOPHY
2019
In vitro gametogenesis : an inquiry into the main ethical concerns and why they matter
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Dissertation
2019
In vitro gametogenesis and reproductive cloning : can we allow one while banning the other?
Seppe Segers
Guido Pennings
Wybo Dondorp
Guido de Wert
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOETHICS
2019
In vitro gametogenesis and the creation of ‘designer babies’
Seppe Segers
Guido Pennings
Wybo Dondorp
Guido de Wert
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
CAMBRIDGE QUARTERLY OF HEALTHCARE ETHICS
2019
The Belgian experience : cultural and political facotrs shaping preimplantation genetic diagnosis during in vitro fertilization
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
Bookchapter
in
Human embryos and preimplantation genetic technologies : ethical, social, and public policy aspects
2019
2018
Balancing animal welfare and assisted reproduction : ethics of preclinical animal research for testing new reproductive technologies
Verna Jans
Wybo Dondorp
Ellen Goossens
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Guido de Wert
A1
Journal Article
in
MEDICINE HEALTH CARE AND PHILOSOPHY
2018
Ethical quandaries around expanded carrier screening in third-party reproduction
Heidi Mertes
Steven R. Lindheim
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
FERTILITY AND STERILITY
2018
Human in vitro spermatogenesis from pluripotent stem cells : in need of a stepwise differentiation protocol?
C Rombaut
Heidi Mertes
Björn Heindryckx
E Goossens
A1
Journal Article
in
MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2018
Incidental or secondary findings : a dual bottom-up approach to the terminological debate
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
C3
Conference
2018
Incidental or secondary findings : a patient perspective on additional genetic results
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
C3
Conference
2018
Incidental or secondary findings : an integrative and patient-inclusive approach to the current debate
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
2018
Incidental or secondary findings in genetics : stairways to a life of certainty?
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
C3
Conference
2018
Modern ethical dilemmas in ART
Guido Pennings
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
Bookchapter
in
Encyclopedia of reproduction
2018
Of mice and human embryos : is there an ethically preferred order of preclinical research on new assisted reproductive technologies?
Verna Jans
Wybo Dondorp
Ellen Goossens
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Hubert Smeets
Guido de Wert
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2018
Onderzoek op menselijke embryo’s in België : een overzicht
Guido Pennings
Seppe Segers
Sophie Debrock
Björn Heindryckx
Velichka Kontozova-Deutsch
Usha Punjabi
Hilde vande Velde
André van Steirteghem
Heidi Mertes
A2
Journal Article
in
TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GENEESKUNDE
2018
Recent developments in genetics and medically assisted reproduction : from research to clinical applications
J. C. Harper
K. Aittomäki
P. Borry
M. C. Cornel
G. de Wert
W. Dondorp
J. Geraedts
L. Gianaroli
K. Ketterson
I. Liebaers
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
2018
Stem cell derived gametes and uterus transplants : hurray for the end of third party reproduction! Or not?
Heidi Mertes
Bookchapter
in
Personalised medicine, individual choice and the common good
2018
The role of the reprogramming method and pluripotency state in gamete differentiation from patient-specific human pluripotent stem cells
Swati Mishra
E Kacin
Panagiotis Stamatiadis
S Franck
Margot Van der Jeught
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Petra De Sutter
K Sermon
Björn Heindryckx
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2018
UTx with deceased donors also places risks and burdens on third parties
Heidi Mertes
Kristof Van Assche
Editorial material
2018
2017
Balancing ethical pros and cons of stem cell derived gametes
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
Guido de Wert
Wybo Dondorp
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
2017
Egg banking in anticipation of age-related fertility decline : using medical technology for better, not for worse
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Dissertation
2017
Ethical aspects of AGE banking
Heidi Mertes
Bookchapter
in
Preventing age related fertility loss
2017
Ethical reflections on stem cell-derived gametes
Seppe Segers
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
A2
Journal Article
in
MEDECINE THERAPEUTIQUE
2017
Human embryo research in Belgium : an overview
Guido Pennings
Seppe Segers
Sophie Debrock
Björn Heindryckx
Velichka Kontozova-Deutsch
Usha Punjabi
Hilde vande Velde
André van Steirteghem
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
FERTILITY AND STERILITY
2017
Incidental findings : inherent part of patients’ identity or unwillingly imposed digitalization?
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
C3
Conference
2017
Recent developments in genetics and medically-assisted reproduction : from research to clinical applications
J. C. Harper
K. Aittomäki
P. Borry
M. C. Cornel
G. de Wert
W. Dondorp
J. Geraedts
L. Gianaroli
K. Ketterson
I. Liebaers
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION OPEN
2017
Stem cell derived gametes : a slippery slope towards designer babies?
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
C3
Conference
2017
The role of anticipated decision regret and the patient's best interest in sterilisation and medically assisted reproduction
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS
2017
Using stem cell-derived gametes for same-sex reproduction : an alternative scenario
Seppe Segers
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Guido de Wert
Wybo Dondorp
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS
2017
2016
Incidental findings : an opportunity for autonomy or a case of hidden heteronomy?
Marlies Saelaert
Heidi Mertes
Elfride De Baere
Ignaas Devisch
C3
Conference
2016
2015
Corporate giants provide fertility benefits: have they got it wrong?
M Zoll
Heidi Mertes
J Gupta
Editorial material
2015
Does company-sponsored egg freezing promote or confine women's reproductive autonomy?
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS
2015
Ethical aspects of genetic screening of gamete donors
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
Bookchapter
in
Medically assisted reproduction : towards a common European legislation?
2015
Let's not forget that many prepubertal girls do have other options besides ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Heidi Mertes
Editorial material
2015
Modification of the embryo's genome: more useful in research than in the clinic
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Editorial material
2015
The diversity of genetic perfection
Heidi Mertes
Kristien Hens
Editorial material
2015
2014
A moratorium on breeding better babies
Heidi Mertes
Editorial material
2014
Gamete derivation from stem cells: revisiting the concept of genetic parenthood
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS
2014
2013
Gamete generation from stem cells to avoid gamete donation and customized hESCs from blastomeres as the cellular insurance for the newborn: will it ever be ethically acceptable?
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Bookchapter
in
Stem cells in reproductive medicine : basic science and therapeutic potential
2013
Testicular tissue cryopreservation : combining access with safeguards
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Editorial material
2013
The portrayal of healthy women requesting oocyte cryopreservation
Heidi Mertes
A2
Journal Article
in
FACTS, VIEWS & VISION IN OBGYN
2013
2012
Elective oocyte cryopreservation: who should pay?
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2012
Ethical issues in infertility treatment
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
A1
Journal Article
in
BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY
2012
Financial compensations for oocyte donors: soon to be a debate of the past?
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Wybo Dondorp
Guido de Wert
C3
Conference
2012
Implications of oocyte cryostorage for the practice of oocyte donation
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Wybo Dondorp
Guido de Wert
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2012
Understanding the ethical concerns that have shaped European regulation of human embryonic stem cell research
Heidi Mertes
A2
Journal Article
in
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BELGIAN ROYAL ACADEMIES OF MEDICINE
2012
2011
Ethical concerns eliminated: safer stimulation protocols and egg banking
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Editorial material
2011
Social egg freezing: for better, not for worse
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE
2011
The force of dissimilar analogies in bioethics
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
THEORETICAL MEDICINE AND BIOETHICS
2011
2010
Ethical aspects of the use of stem cell derived gametes for reproduction
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
HEALTH CARE ANALYSIS
2010
Preserving and restoring fertility: current techniques and prospects for the future
Heidi Mertes
Report
2010
The state and the infertile patient looking for treatment abroad: a difficult relationship
Guido Pennings
Heidi Mertes
Bookchapter
in
Consumer medicine
2010
2009
Cross-border research on human embryonic stem cells: legal and ethical considerations
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
2009
Gamete generation from stem cells: An ethicist’s view
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Bookchapter
in
Stem cells in reproductive medicine: basic science and therapeutic potential
2009
Stem cell research policies: Who's afraid of complicity?
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
Reproductive BioMedicine Online
2009
The interaction between ethical and scientific arguments in the debate concerning stem cell research
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
Dissertation
2009
2008
Eiceldonatie voor stamcelonderzoek: schuilt er kwaad in de vergoeding?
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A2
Journal Article
in
ETHIEK & MAATSCHAPPIJ
2008
Embryonic stem cell-derived gametes and genetic parenthood: A problematic relationship
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
CAMBRIDGE QUARTERLY OF HEALTHCARE ETHICS
2008
2007
Oocyte donation for stem cell research
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2007
Op zoek naar 'ethische' embryonale stamcellen
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A VAN STEIRTEGHEM
A2
Journal Article
in
TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GENEESKUNDE
2007
2006
An ethical analysis of alternative methods to obtain pluripotent stem cells without destroying embryos
Heidi Mertes
Guido Pennings
A VAN STEIRTEGHEM
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
2006