Led (astray) by genetic maps: The cartography of the human genome and health care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 1469-1476

  Lippman, A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

eugenics; genes; genetic technology; health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENOME; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN;

ACCOUNTABILITY; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; GENETIC DISORDERS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INDIGENTS; NORMALITY; NORTH AMERICA; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; STIGMATIZATION;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUGENICS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOME, HUMAN; HEALTH; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026496992     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(92)90049-V     Document Type: Article

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