Neither convention nor constitution - What the debate on stem cell research tells us about the status of the common European ethics

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-508

  Schmidt, Kurt W ^a   Jotterand, Fabrice ^b   Foppa, Carlo ^c  

^a AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; EMBRYO CELL; ETHICS; EUROPE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTECTION; RELIGION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; BIOETHICS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EUROPE; HUMANS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; STEM CELLS;

EID: 10944261336     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310490518078     Document Type: Review

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