Prenatal diagnosis: whose right?
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The question who is the subject of the right to prenatal diagnosis may be answered in four ways: the parents, the child, society, or no one. This article investigates the philosophical issues involved in each of these answers, which touch upon the conditions of personal identity, the principle of privacy, the scope of social responsibility, and the debate about impersonalism in ethics.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical ethics
دوره 21 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995