The European Court legitimates access of Italian couples to assisted reproductive techniques and to pre-implantation genetic diagnosis

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 194-200

  Turillazzi, Emanuela ^a   Frati, Paola ^b   Busardò, Francesco Paolo ^b   Gulino, Matteo ^b   Fineschi, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; European Court; genetic preimplantation diagnosis; Italian law

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS;

FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84941885454     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: 20421818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0025802414532245     Document Type: Article

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