The Moral Significance of the Human Foetus

Principles of Health Care Ethics: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 387-392

  Ford, Norman ^a,b,c  

^a Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Melbourne College of Divinity   (Australia)

Author keywords

Christian tradition and catholic teaching; Continuing Christian tradition and support for foetal life; Human foetus moral significance; Human subject and rational nature; Traditional concept powerful culture favouring prenatal life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881769968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470510544.ch52     Document Type: Chapter

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