Physicians must not help parents decide the gender of their unborn child: The case against preconception gender selection

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-93

  Ravindran, G D ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT RIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; RECURRENT ABORTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; Y CHROMOSOME;

HUMANS; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 0038344628     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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