PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Jones, D A TI - The human embryo in the Christian tradition: a reconsideration AID - 10.1136/jme.2004.011593 DP - 2005 Dec 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 710--714 VI - 31 IP - 12 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/12/710.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/12/710.full SO - J Med Ethics2005 Dec 01; 31 AB - Recent claims that the Christian tradition justifies destructive research on human embryos have drawn upon an article by the late Professor Gordon Dunstan which appeared in this journal in 1984. Despite its undoubted influence, this article was flawed and seriously misrepresented the tradition of Christian reflection on the moral status of the human embryo.