Promethean medicine: Spirituality, stem cells, and cloning

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1419-1423

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Christianity; Medical ethics; Spirituality; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONING; LITERATURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; MORALITY; RELIGION; STEM CELL;

CHRISTIANITY; CLONING, ORGANISM; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33845916669     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000251375.88219.93     Document Type: Article

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