'Losing the plot'? medical and activist discourses of contemporary genetics and disability

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 669-688

  Shakespeare, Tom ^a  

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Author keywords

Cultural representation; Disability; Eugenics; Genetic screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033181466     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00178     Document Type: Article

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