Sacrifice, individuation, and the economies of genomics

Literature and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-158

  Mitchell, Robert ^a  

^a Affiliated Faculty in Women's Studies

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41249103504     PISSN: 02789671     EISSN: 10806571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lm.2008.0012     Document Type: Review

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