Sterilization in Alberta, 1928 to 1972: Gender matters

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-266

  Grekul, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MENTAL PATIENT; MORALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALBERTA; EUGENICS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MORALS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STERILIZATION, INVOLUNTARY; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE;

EID: 60849125403     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618X.2008.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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