PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D A Jones
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.