Paying for particulars in people-to-be: Commercialisation, commodification and commensurability in human reproduction

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-168

  Fox, Dov ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMODIFICATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MORALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; COERCION; COMMERCE; COMMODIFICATION; EUGENICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; OOCYTE DONATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649095490     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.020206     Document Type: Article

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