The parental investment factor and the child's right to an open future

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 24-27

  Davis, Dena S ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DNA MODIFICATION; FAMILY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INVESTMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REARING; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; MORALITY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 65549094583     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0125     Document Type: Review

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