The HFEA Public consultation process on hybrids and chimeras: Informed, effective, and meaningful?

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-62

  Baylis, Françoise ^a  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RESEARCH ETHICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHIMERA; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 65249118775     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.0.0273     Document Type: Article

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