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The dream of the perfect child

Title
  1. The dream of the perfect child / Joan Rothschild.
Published by
  1. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.
Author
  1. Rothschild, Joan.

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Description
  1. x, 343 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. Bioethics and the humanities
Subject
  1. Perfection
  2. Medical genetics > Moral and ethical aspects
  3. Eugenics > History
  4. Prenatal diagnosis > Moral and ethical aspects
  5. Reproductive health > Social aspects
  6. Abnormalities, Human > Prevention
  7. Bioethics
  8. Human reproductive technology > Social aspects
  9. Genetic disorders > Prevention
Contents
  1. The perfectibility of man -- The "perfect race" -- Reformed eugenics and medical genetics -- The tools -- The doctors : on the trail of the defective fetus -- The parents : only the best and the brightest -- Discourses of the imperfect -- Bioethics discourse and reproductive practice -- Sites of resistance -- Transforming the dream of the perfect child.
Call number
  1. JFE 05-12191
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Rothschild, Joan.
Title
  1. The dream of the perfect child / Joan Rothschild.
Imprint
  1. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.
Series
  1. Bioethics and the humanities
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Connect to:
  1. Table of contents
LCCN
  1. 2004024477
ISBN
  1. 0253345650 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0253217601 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 05-12191
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