The embryo research debate in brazil: From the national congress to the Federal Supreme Court

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-250

  Cesarino, Letícia ^a   Luna, Naara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

anthropology; Brazil; human embryonic stem cells; life; personhood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSONHOOD; RELIGION; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; BRAZIL; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PERSONHOOD; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 79953093427     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312710386637     Document Type: Article

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