Is there a moral obligation to select healthy children?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 696-700

  Jacobs, Benjamin Meir ^a  

^a MAGDALEN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MORALITY; PARENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION;

BENEFICENCE; DECISION MAKING; EUGENICS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84938510143     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102400     Document Type: Article

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