The meaning of eugenics: Reflections on the government of genetic knowledge in the past and the present

Science in Context

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-331

  Koch, Lene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; REVIEW;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

EUGENICS; EUROPE; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 9344260222     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269889704000158     Document Type: Review

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