Selling bits and pieces of humans to make babies: The Gift of the Magi revisited

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 288-306

  Cohen, Cynthia B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Commodification; Egg donation; Eggs; Ethics; Fetal eggs; Fetal ovaries; Gametes; Kidneys; Oocytes; Reproduction; Sperm; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CLONING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MARKET; MEDICAL ETHICS; OOCYTE DONATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILOSOPHY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERM;

ABORTED FETUSES; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; AUTONOMY; BODY PARTS AND FLUIDS; CLONING; COMMODIFICATION; DEHUMANIZATION; FETAL TISSUE DONATION; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GIFTS; ORGAN DONATION; OVUM DONORS; REMUNERATION; SEMEN DONORS; TISSUE DONATION; VALUES;

ABORTED FETUS; COMMERCE; COMMODIFICATION; DEHUMANIZATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL VALUES; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032826980     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.24.3.288.2525     Document Type: Review

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