A heaven without giants or dwarfs: Equality, gender, and disabilities

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-29

  Giordano, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STEREOTYPING; VALUE OF LIFE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84888139223     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180113000406     Document Type: Article

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