Mater semper incertus est: Who's your mummy?

Medical Law Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 357-383

  D'Alton Harrison, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commissioning couples; Early parental orders; Epigenetics; Legal and social parent; Motherhood; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONTRACT; EPIGENETICS; FATHER; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONTRACTS; EPIGENOMICS; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCESSES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SURROGATE MOTHERS;

EID: 84906847947     PISSN: 09670742     EISSN: 14643790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwt047     Document Type: Article

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