The politics of 'wrongful life' itself: Discursive (mal)practices and Tay-Sachs disease

Economy and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-262

  Reuter, Shelley ^a  

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DECISION MAKING; DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34047114488     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140701254290     Document Type: Article

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