The welfare of the child. Measuring the welfare of the child: In search of the appropriate evaluation principle

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1146-1150

  Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CONCEPTION; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOME; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; MORALITY; NEWBORN; STANDARD;

CHILD WELFARE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033127930     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.5.1146     Document Type: Note

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