Neural fetal tissue transplants: Old and new issues

Zygon

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 615-632

  Nora, Lois Margaret ^a   Mahowald, Mary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Fetal tissue; Individuation; Medical ethics; Mind brain; Neural fetal tissue; Personhood; Tissue transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; COMPLICITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS DEATH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MOTIVATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, INDUCED; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPLICITY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MOTIVATION; NERVE TISSUE; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANT WOMEN; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0038446737     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1996.tb00953.x     Document Type: Article

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