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Facts and doubts on the beginning of human life – scientific, legal, philosophical and religious controversies
Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 51 (2023), 1; 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2022-0337
Kurjak, Asim; Stanojević, Milan; Barišić, Pavo; Ferhatović, Amila; Gajović, Srećko; Hrabar, Dubravka

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Kurjak, A., Stanojević, M., Barišić, P., Ferhatović, A., Gajović, S. & Hrabar, D. (2023). Facts and doubts on the beginning of human life – scientific, legal, philosophical and religious controversies. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 51. (1), 39-50. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2022-0337

Kurjak, Asim, et al. "Facts and doubts on the beginning of human life – scientific, legal, philosophical and religious controversies." Journal of Perinatal Medicine, vol. 51, no. 1, 2023, pp. 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2022-0337

Kurjak, Asim, Milan Stanojević, Pavo Barišić, Amila Ferhatović, Srećko Gajović and Dubravka Hrabar. "Facts and doubts on the beginning of human life – scientific, legal, philosophical and religious controversies." Journal of Perinatal Medicine 51, no. 1 (2023): 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2022-0337

Kurjak, A., et al. (2023) 'Facts and doubts on the beginning of human life – scientific, legal, philosophical and religious controversies', Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 51(1), pp. 39-50. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2022-0337

Kurjak A, Stanojević M, Barišić P, Ferhatović A, Gajović S, Hrabar D. Facts and doubts on the beginning of human life – scientific, legal, philosophical and religious controversies. Journal of Perinatal Medicine [Internet]. 2023 January 27 [cited 2024 November 22];51(1):39-50. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2022-0337

A. Kurjak, M. Stanojević, P. Barišić, A. Ferhatović, S. Gajović and D. Hrabar, "Facts and doubts on the beginning of human life – scientific, legal, philosophical and religious controversies", Journal of Perinatal Medicine, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 39-50, January 2023. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:708657. [Accessed: 22 November 2024]

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Title (english)Facts and doubts on the beginning of human life – scientific, legal, philosophical and religious controversies
AuthorAsim Kurjak
AuthorMilan Stanojević
AuthorPavo Barišić
AuthorAmila Ferhatović
AuthorSrećko Gajović
AuthorDubravka Hrabar
Author's institutionUniversity of Zagreb
School of Medicine
(Croatian Institiute for Brain Research)
Author's institutionUniversity of Zagreb
School of Medicine
(Department of Histology and Embryology)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Basic Medical Sciences
Cytology, Histology and Embryology
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Basic Medical Sciences
Neuroscience
Abstract (english)
It is very complicated to give correct answer to the question “How to define human life?” Nowadays dilemmas consider the respect of human life from the birth to death involve not just biology but also other sciences like philosophy, theology, sociology, psychology, law and politics. These sciences evaluate the topic from different points of view. Integration of all of these perspectives could result with a proper definition. The principal purpose of this paper is to try to determine when a human individual begins. If this proves to be too difficult, we might have to settle for a specific stage in the reproductive process before which it would be impossible to say with any plausibility that a human individual exists. It is necessary to return the moral dimension of observation to the science of life. The point is to reconcile the universal ethical principles concerning the absolute value of life with the everyday challenges and dilemmas. It is our deepest conviction that life has an absolute value and that there always remains something indestructible and substantial in life, which may neither be evaluated by anything final, nor completely reduced to the material biological equivalent and the genetic substratum.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Review paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleJournal of Perinatal Medicine
Numberingvol. 51, no. 1, pp. 39-50
p-ISSN0300-5577
e-ISSN1619-3997
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2022-0337
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:105:708657
Publication2023-01-27
Document URLhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jpm-2022-0337/html
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