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Over the last hundred years, biomedecine has undergone a genuine revolution. New powers have been vested in doctors. Medicine now not only offers treatment but also the creation, or even alteration, of humankind. From medically assisted conception producing in vitro embryos, to gene therapies which transform one’s genetic makeup, procedures have developed enormously.
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FEUILLET-LE MINTIER, B. (2006). THE JOURNEY FROM ETHICS TO LAW The Case of Euthanasia. In: Rehmann-Sutter, C., Düwell, M., Mieth, D. (eds) Bioethics in Cultural Contexts. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4241-8_9
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