The legal status of the human embryo

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 54-60

  Merkel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constitutional law; Embryo research; Ethical foundations; Legal status; Principles of law

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; COURT; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERMANY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; MORALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RIGHT TO LIFE;

EID: 33847235745     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60728-6     Document Type: Article

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