Human rights and american bioethics: Resistance is futile

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Annas, George J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76249083344     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180109990338     Document Type: Review

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