Variations and voids: The regulation of human cloning around the world

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Pattinson, Shaun D ^a   Caulfield, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN CLONING; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; RELIABILITY; ASIA; CLONING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BIOMEDICINE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL APPROACH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NORTH AMERICA; POLICY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STANDARD; UNITED NATIONS;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BIOMEDICINE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

ASIA; CLONING, ORGANISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LATIN AMERICA; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC POLICY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 13844266798     PISSN: 14726939     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-5-9     Document Type: Article

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