The ethics of nonmedical sex selection

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-266

  Strange, H ^a   Chadwick, R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family balancing; PGD; Reproductive rights; Sex selection; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 78149358291     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-009-0135-y     Document Type: Article

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