The human embryo in the Christian tradition: A reconsideration

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 710-713

  Jones, D A ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; EMBRYO; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; RELIGION; STEM CELL;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; CATHOLICISM; CHRISTIANITY; EASTERN ORTHODOXY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MORALS; PERSONHOOD; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; THEOLOGY;

EID: 29544439849     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2004.011593     Document Type: Article

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