The human genome project: An historical perspective for social workers

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-348

  Saunders, Marlene ^a  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eugenics; human genome; social work history; social workers

Indexed keywords

GENOME; GENOMICS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL WORK;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MEDICAL GENETICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUGENICS; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960664184     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2011.579041     Document Type: Review

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