Reconsidering ethical issues about voluntary egg donors in Hwang's case in global context

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-252

  Tsuge, Azumi ^a   Hong, Hyunsoo ^a  

^a MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

altruism; egg donation; ethics; gender; stem cell research

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; HUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; PATRIOTISM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 80052347388     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2011.598053     Document Type: Article

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