Deciding against disability: Does the use of reproductive genetic technologies express disvalue for people with disabilities?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Malek, Janet ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 77956079612     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.034645     Document Type: Article

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