Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design

Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-128

  Glover, Jonathan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definition of disability; Disabilities; Eugenics; Genetic choices; Genetics; Reproductive technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922617557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199290925.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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