Choosing children: Intergenerational justice?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 119-124

  Doyal, Len ^a   McLean, Sheila ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Future generations; Human rights; Objective wellbeing; Regulation; Reproductive choice; Sex selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CONCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

EID: 15044349648     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62219-5     Document Type: Article

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