What makes a parent? It's not black or white

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 66-67

  Fuscaldo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NOTE; PARENTHOOD; PATERNITY TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 0037397320     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.2.66     Document Type: Note

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