Ideologies of discrimination: Personhood and the 'genetic group'

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 705-721

  Dolgin, Janet L ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Family; Genetic Group; Genome; Jews; Law; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041868201     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(01)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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