Reproduction opportunists in the new global sex trade: PGD and non-medical sex selection

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 609-617

  Whittaker, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; cross border reproductive care; non medical sex selection; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

AUSTRALIA; COMMODIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SEX PRESELECTION; THAILAND;

EID: 80455122839     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.06.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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