Questioning the assumptions in the debate on assisted reproduction: Comment on the House of Commons report Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-154

  Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethics; Family balancing; Justice; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Sex selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAX;

EID: 23144440570     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60950-9     Document Type: Article

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