Genes and families in the media: Implications of genetic discourse for constructions of the 'family'

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-312

  Crabb, Shona ^a   Augoustinos, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse; Families; Genetics; Media; Reproductive technologies; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 56149105725     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.451.17.3.303     Document Type: Article

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