The potential of the human embryo

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 585-618

  Brown, Mark T ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Fox Valley   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryos; Moral status; Potential; Stem cell research

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ECOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; BIOETHICS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MORALS; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 36248961766     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310701680973     Document Type: Review

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