Value of learning disabled people and the never ending appeal of eugenics

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 159-161

  Gates, Bob ^a  

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EID: 0000645781     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146900479700100401     Document Type: Editorial

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