Prenatal screening for down syndrome: Why we shouldn't?

Arguing about Disability: Philosophical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 185-202

  Solberg, Berge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203891575     Document Type: Chapter

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