Embryonic stem cells and property rights

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-242

  Andersson, Anna Karin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commodification; complicity; human embryonic stem cell research; natural rights; property

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLICITY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPLICITY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MORALS; OWNERSHIP; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 79960365460     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhr013     Document Type: Article

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