The Beginning of Human Life /

Progress in biomedical science has called for an international discussion of the medical, ethical, and legal problems that confront physicians, medical researchers, infertile couples, pregnant women, and parents of premature or disabled infants. In addition, the unprecedented technological developme...

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Main Author: Beller, Fritz K.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Weir, Robert F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1994.
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Summary:Progress in biomedical science has called for an international discussion of the medical, ethical, and legal problems that confront physicians, medical researchers, infertile couples, pregnant women, and parents of premature or disabled infants. In addition, the unprecedented technological developments in obstetrical, perinatal, and neonatal medicine in recent years have indicated a need for an international forum for interdisciplinary dialogue regarding the definition of early human life, the neurological development of early human life, the value of early human life, the obligations for its protection and prolongation, and the limits to these obligations.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 404 pages)
ISBN:9789401582575 (electronic bk.)
9401582572 (electronic bk.)