Creating the ethics industry: Mary Warnock, in vitro fertilization and the history of bioethics in Britain

BioSocieties

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-141

  Wilson, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioethics; history; in vitro fertilization; Mary Warnock; oversight; public accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860412362     PISSN: 17458552     EISSN: 17458560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/biosoc.2010.26     Document Type: Article

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