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Ethical and Socio-Cultural Aspects that Influence ART in Latin America

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Reprogen-ethics and the future of gender

Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine ((LIME,volume 43))

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The medical advances of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) divulgation in the last decades have awoken an enormous interest in the population in general because they are closely linked to human’s procreation and sexuality and their future development. Their have also put in evidence the ever-going universal debate about the beginning of life.

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  1. CER Medical Institute, Department of Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Ester Polak de Fried

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de Fried, E.P. (2009). Ethical and Socio-Cultural Aspects that Influence ART in Latin America. In: Simonstein, F. (eds) Reprogen-ethics and the future of gender. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2475-6_7

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