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(2013) Luhmann observed, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
This chapter is a Luhmannian reading of some early ethical writings about 'saviour siblings"; that is, where children with serious medical disorders are treated by tissue transplanted from a sibling, where the embryo-that-becomes-the-sibling has been genetically screened and selected before implantation to ensure that it is a donor-compatible tissue match. It is the first, and so far the only, instance of the 'screening in" of desirable genetic characteristics allowed within the UK regulatory framework.
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Persaud, S. (2013)., Only connect: Luhmann and bioethics, in A. La Cour & A. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos (eds.), Luhmann observed, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 135-149.
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