In defence of Procreative Beneficence

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 284-288

  Savulescu, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BENEFICENCE; EUGENICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 34248512772     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.018184     Document Type: Article

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