Decisional authority and moral responsibility of patients and clinicians in the context of preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 509-513

  Pennings, Guido ^a   Bonduelle, Maryse ^b   Liebaers, Ingeborg ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethics; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MORALITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0344825063     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62068-8     Document Type: Article

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