Neurogenetics and ethics: How scientific frameworks can better inform ethics

Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 216-229

  Wurzman, Rachel ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 79951538328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676505.012     Document Type: Chapter

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