Eugenics and Sterilization in the Heartland

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-60

  Wehmeyer, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LAW; MALE STERILIZATION; MEDICAL GENETICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRISONER; REVIEW; SELF EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES; WITNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ADULT; CHILD; EUGENICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038010640     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)041<0057:EASITH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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