Do fertility centers perform background checks on their female patients before treatment?

[William]

I'm doing research on Nayda Suleman for a project. I need to know if fertility centers will question their female patient before treatment (like do you smoke, etc.) to which the patient can just lie, or can the doctors (what do you call a fertility treatment doctor?) perform a background check for criminal records, financial history, etc.Thanks!

 

[whiskeyflirt]

of course they do

 

[William]

Health questions yes, they need to make sure that they won't be doing the patient any harm by getting her pregnant. As for background checks, no, they're not going to do those and if they can afford IVF they can usually afford a kid since those treatments can be upwards of $50,000. They may try to ask questions to discern the mental state of the patient but since they're not psychologists they can't know for sure if they're crazy or not. In the case you're talking about, the Dr violated medical ethics on several areas and is being investigated for it.