Can genetic counseling avoid the charge of eugenics?

Science in Context

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 471-480

  Chadwick, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032217010     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026988970000315X     Document Type: Article

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