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ArticleJournal of medical ethics2005

The moral status of the embryo post-Dolly.

Catherine Stanton, John Harris

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Article in Journal of medical ethics, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. How and Why to Replace the 14-Day Rule.Current stem cell reports · 2018
    Review
  3. Consequentialism without consequences: ethics and embryo research.Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees · 2010
    Article
  4. Human embryo cloning prohibited in Hong Kong.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2005
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Catherine StantonSchool of Law, University of Manchester, UK.
John Harris

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cameron and Williamson have provided a provocative and timely review of the ethical questions prompted by the birth of Dolly. The question Cameron and Williamson seek to address is "In the world of Dolly, when does a human embryo acquire respect?". Their initial discussion sets the scene by providing a valuable overview of attitudes towards the embryo, summarising various religious, scientific, and philosophical viewpoints. They then ask, "What has Dolly changed?" and identify five changes, the first being that fertilisation is no longer required to create an embryo. Following this analysis they then ask when an embryo created other than by fertilisation begins to acquire respect. This paper explores the ethical and legal issues highlighted by Cameron and Williamson's paper.

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MoralsPersonhoodAnimalsEmbryo ImplantationEmbryo ResearchEmbryo TransferFemaleFertilization in VitroHumansSheepValue of LifeAnalytical ApproachGenetics and ReproductionHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (Great Britain)Legal Approach

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PMID15800363
PMCPMC1734126

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