Smart men, beautiful women: Social values and gamete commodification

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-173

  Schonfeld, Toby L ^a  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodification; Gamete; Genetic; Parents; Reproductive technology; Social value

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIAL VALUES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0038650992     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467603023003003     Document Type: Article

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