If you must make babies, then at least make the best babies you can?

Human Fertility

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Häyry, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Morality; Rationality; Reproduction; Savulescu; Social concerns; Technology

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; POLITICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ETHICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORALS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 3442890600     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270410001699063     Document Type: Review

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