Genetic testing, governance, and the family in the People's Republic of China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1802-1809

  Sleeboom Faulkner, Margaret Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); Eugenics; Family; Genetic testing; Governence; Neoliberalism; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CITIZENSHIP; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY REFORM; POPULATION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY PLANNING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SERVICE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINORITY GROUP; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIVACY; RURAL AREA; THALASSEMIA; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

CHINA; EUGENICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; POPULATION CONTROL; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; THALASSEMIA;

CHINA;

EID: 79958744459     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.052     Document Type: Article

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