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Challenges for the legislation enabling egg donation in Switzerland. 瑞士卵子捐赠立法面临的挑战。

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1177/09685332241269583

Andrea Martani, Nathalie Neeser, Nicolas Vulliemoz, Guido Pennings

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Book review: Not What the Bus Promised: Health Governance After Brexit 书评并非巴士所承诺的：英国脱欧后的卫生治理

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/09685332241269573

Edward S. Dove

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Book review: The Disability Bioethics Reader 书评：残疾生物伦理学读本

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/09685332241245547

Heather A. Swadley

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Book review: The Right to Be Protected From Committing Suicide 书评受保护免于自杀的权利

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1177/09685332241234824

John Keown

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Book review: Medical Doctors in Health Reforms: A Comparative Study of England and Canada 书评：卫生改革中的医生：英国与加拿大比较研究

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2024-02-27 DOI: 10.1177/09685332241234826

Siun Gallagher, Sabrina Germain

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Zaozao Xu’s case: Chinese women’s appeal for the right to freeze their eggs 徐早早的案例：中国妇女呼吁获得冷冻卵子的权利

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1177/09685332231224585

Yuxin Li, Jingchen Zhang

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30th anniversary editorial: Reflecting on the past and paving the way for the future 30 周年社论：回顾过去，展望未来

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1177/09685332231213229

A. Alghrani, Paula Case, Marie Fox, Craig Purshouse

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Book review: Shedding Light on Racial Inequity in Health, in Conversation with the Author: Black Health: The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People’s Health 书评:揭示健康中的种族不平等，与作者对话:黑人健康:黑人健康的社会、政治和文化决定因素

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1177/09685332231211914

Sabrina Germain, Keisha Ray

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Book review: Medicine, Patients and the Law 书评:《医学、病人和法律》

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1177/09685332231211898

Alex Ruck Keene, Emma Cave, Rob Heywood

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Book review: The International Law of Biotechnology: Human Rights, Trade, Patents, Health and the Environment 书评:《国际生物技术法:人权、贸易、专利、健康和环境》

Medical Law International Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1177/09685332231211913

Sara Golru, Matthias Herdegen

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