The ethics of gene therapy and abortion: Public opinion

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-234

  Evans, M D R ^a   Kelley, Jonathan ^a   Zanjani, Esmail D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy, in utero; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM LINE GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17844411486     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083910     Document Type: Review

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