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Chapter 36 - Surrogacy in the United Kingdom

Present and Future Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2016

E. Scott Sills
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Center for Advanced Genetics, California
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Handbook of Gestational Surrogacy
International Clinical Practice and Policy Issues
, pp. 266 - 275
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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