Clause 14(4)(9) of embryo bill should be amended or deleted

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7651, 2008, Pages 976-

  Emery, Steve ^a   Burke, Teresa Blankmeyer ^b   Middleton, Anna ^c   Belk, Rachel ^d   Turner, Graham ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DONOR SELECTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GOVERNMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LETTER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; EMBRYO RESEARCH; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE;

DEAFNESS; DONOR SELECTION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 43649091276     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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