Dissecting people and ignoring social structure: An analysis of individualism, public policy, and genetic labeling

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-442

  Miringoff, Marque Luisa ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ILLEGITIMACY; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030433353     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199623)14:4<433::AID-BSL250>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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