The right to privacy and access to information about one's genetic origins

Medicine and Law

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gamete donation; Genetic origin; Identity; Information; Privacy; Right to know; Sperm donor

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENTIALITY; FAMILY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; INFERTILITY; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE; PARENT; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SPERM DONOR; WELLBEING;

EID: 0035009877     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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