The acceptability among young Hindus and Muslims of actively ending the lives of newborns with genetic defects.
Aim To explore the views in non-Western cultures about ending the lives of damaged newborns. Method 254 university students from India and 150 from Kuwait rated the acceptability of ending the lives of newborns with genetic defects in 54 vignettes consisting of all combinations of four factors: gest...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Medical Ethics Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 186 - 192 |
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