Deaf lesbians, "designer disability," and the future of medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7367, 2002, Pages 771-773

  Savulescu, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEAFNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 0037026891     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.771     Document Type: Review

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