Can sex selection be ethically tolerated?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 335-336

  Dickens, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; SEX; SEX PRESELECTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0036901893     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.28.6.335     Document Type: Editorial

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