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Author Rothschild, Joan.

Title The dream of the perfect child / Joan Rothschild.

Publication Info. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2005]
©2005

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 Moore Stacks  RG626 .R68 2005    Available  ---
Description x, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Bioethics and the humanities
Bioethics and the humanities.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Abnormalities, Human -- Prevention.
Abnormalities, Human -- Prevention.
Abnormalities, Human.
Genetic disorders -- Prevention.
Genetic disorders -- Prevention.
Genetic disorders.
Prenatal diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Prenatal diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Prenatal diagnosis.
Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects.
Reproductive health -- Social aspects.
Reproductive health -- Social aspects.
Reproductive health.
Eugenics -- History.
Eugenics.
History.
Perfection.
Perfection.
Bioethics.
Bioethics.
Assisted reproductive technology.
ISBN 0253345650 cloth alkaline paper
0253217601 paperback alkaline paper