Gender "tailored" conceptions: Should the option of embryo gender selection be available to infertile couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 590-593

  Merhi, Z O ^a   Pal, L ^b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ETHICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 55549111254     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.022079     Document Type: Review

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