The use of eggs and embryos in stem cell research

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-344

  Klitzman, Robert ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

coercion; Ethics; exploitation; informed consent; policy

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; POLITICS; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OVUM;

EID: 77955349655     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255182     Document Type: Review

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