Somatechnics of medico-legal taxonomies: Elective amputation and transableism

Medical Law Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 390-412

  MacKenzie, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CLASSIFICATION; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMPUTATION; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CLASSIFICATION; DISABLED PERSONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL VALUES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 55249092316     PISSN: 09670742     EISSN: 14643790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwn012     Document Type: Article

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