Disability, ideology, and quality of life: A bias in biomedical ethics

Quality of Life and Human Difference: Genetic Testing, Health Care, and Disability

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 101-124

  Amundson, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 84927117192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614590.005     Document Type: Chapter

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