Ethics and policy in embryonic stem cell research

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-136

  Robertson, John A ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMODIFICATION; COMPLICITY; DONOR; ECONOMICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH PANEL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LIFE; MORALITY; NATIONAL BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION; OOCYTE DONATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEM CELL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH PANEL; NATIONAL BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION;

ABORTED FETUS; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; COMMODIFICATION; COMPLICITY; ECONOMICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; JURISPRUDENCE; LIFE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; OOCYTE DONATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH EMBRYO CREATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STEM CELLS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE; WEDGE ARGUMENT;

EID: 0033145411     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.1999.0013     Document Type: Article

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