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In the introduction to a paper prepared for the February 1988 meeting of the WHO European Advisory committee for Health Research, the sociologist Margaret Stacey wrote:
All areas associated with reproduction are of profound importance for individuals and for society at large; they are not, and cannot be, conceived as merely clinical matters. Reproductive techniques affect the health of individuals beyond the immediate event of birth and also influence, as well as reflect, the basic values of societies. Reproduction is about the future of the society; the way it is handled will inevitably affect that future biologically and socially.
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Somorjay, L. (1992). Clinical Research and the Consumer. In: Bromham, D.R., Dalton, M.E., Jackson, J.C., Millican, P.J.R. (eds) Ethics in Reproductive Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1895-4_11
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