"It's a girl!" - Could be a death sentence

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-388

  Kale, Rajendra ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CANADA; CRIME; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE FETICIDE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENDER BIAS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PREGNANT WOMAN; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

EID: 84857820012     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120021     Document Type: Editorial

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