Legal, medical and lay understanding of embryos in Portugal: alignment with biology?

This article provides a contribution to the debate about the processes of circulation of knowledge and meanings among experts and laymen regarding the status of human embryos in Portugal. It weighs up the expectations and concerns regarding the reliability, quality, safety and efficacy of medically...

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Main Authors: Susana Silva, Helena Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp)
Series:Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832010000100011&lng=en&tlng=en