Evolution of the clonal man: Inventing science unfiction

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-173

  Poon, Peter N ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLONING; ETHICIST; ETHICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; IN HIS IMAGE: THE CLONING OF A MAN (RORVIK, D.); LITERATURE; MASS MEDIUM; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC OPINION; TECHNIQUE; TWINS;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; IN HIS IMAGE: THE CLONING OF A MAN (RORVIK, D.);

ATTITUDE; CLONING, ORGANISM; ETHICISTS; ETHICS; HISTORY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIA; METHODS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TWINS;

EID: 0034263936     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009078620330     Document Type: Article

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