Is a consensus possible on stem cell research? Moral and political obstacles

Neither of the two central moral and political obstacles to human embryonic stem cell research survives critical scrutiny This paper argues that neither of the two central moral and political obstacles to human embryonic stem cell (HESC) research survives critical scrutiny: first, that derivation of...

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Main Author: Brock, D. W. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2006
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-42
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