Ordinary ethics: Lay people's deliberations on social sex selection

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-303

  Banks, Sarah ^a   Scully, Jackie Leach ^b   Shakespeare, Tom ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ETHICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34250198253     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770601032890     Document Type: Review

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