A disability rights approach towards sex selection

Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 106-112

  Wolbring, Gregor ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Animal farm; Bioethics; Descrimination; Disability movement; Gender justice

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30544443745     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 14617072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.development.1100190     Document Type: Article

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