The ethics of anonymous gamete donation: Is there a right to know one's genetic origins?

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 28-35

  Melo Martín, Inmaculada De ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DONOR; ETHICS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PRIVACY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOPTION; AWARENESS; CONFIDENTIALITY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PRIVACY; HEREDITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84897671895     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hast.285     Document Type: Article

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