Tragedy and catastrophe: Contentious discourses of ethics and disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 540-547

  Clapton, Jayne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Biotechnology; Genetics; Human Genome Project; Theoretical conceptual research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISASTER; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0141886214     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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