The role of rights and utility in instituting a child's right to know her genetic history

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-264

  Wallbank, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DONOR; ETHICAL THEORY; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY ACT 1990 (GREAT BRITAIN); JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOTHER; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; POLICY; SPERMATOZOON; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY ACT 1990 (GREAT BRITAIN); LEGAL APPROACH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICAL THEORY; FAMILY; FATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTHERS; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; PUBLIC POLICY; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 2542603877     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663904042553     Document Type: Article

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