Acting parentally: An argument against sex selection

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 601-605

  McDougall, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PARENTHOOD; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PARENTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 27144559206     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2004.008813     Document Type: Article

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