The ethics and policy of embryonic stem cell research: A catholic perspective

Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 143-166

  Doerflinger, Richard M ^a  

^a United States Conference of Catholic Bishops   (United States)

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