Sex selection for social purposes in Israel: Quest for the "perfect child" of a particular gender or centuries old prejudice against women?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Landau, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PARENTS; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SEX PRESELECTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 56749096551     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.023226     Document Type: Article

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