Multiplex parenting: IVG and the generations to come

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 752-758

  Palacios González, César ^a   Harris, John ^a   Testa, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; LESBIANISM; MALE; MORALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INFERTILITY; MALE; MORALS; PARENTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 84908615046     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101810     Document Type: Article

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