Surrogate pregnancies: Ethical, social and legal aspects

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-37

  Schenker, J G ^a   Eisenberg, V H ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction techniques; Ethical; Legal; Surrogacy; Surrogate mother

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007584561     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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