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Reproductive ethics
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Double-effect reasoning and the conception of human embryos
- Correspondence to Dr Timothy F Murphy, Medical Education mc 591, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612-7309, USA; tmurphy{at}uic.edu
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Double-effect reasoning and the conception of human embryos
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- Received February 18, 2012
- Accepted July 24, 2012
- First published August 18, 2012.
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July 16, 2013
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