Ethics briefing

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 384-385

  English, Veronica ^a   Romano Critchley, Gillian ^a   Sheather, Julian ^a   Sommerville, Ann ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; DONOR; EUTHANASIA; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED NATIONS; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT RIGHT; RELIGION; TRANSPLANTATION; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

BELGIUM; EUTHANASIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT RIGHTS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0036905536     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.28.6.384     Document Type: Note

References (12)

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2. Gillon R. Human reproductive cloning - a look at the arguments against it and a rejection of most of them. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1992;92:3-12.
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9. See reference 7.
10. British Medical Association. The medical profession & human rights. London: Zed Books, 2001: ch 10.
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