Francis Galton: And eugenics today

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-105

  Galton, David J ^a   Galton, Clare J ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eugenics; F Galton; Genetic files; Insurance abuses; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

GENE THERAPY; GENOME; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0346561001     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.24.2.99     Document Type: Review

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