The dream of the perfect child
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 -- Sit...
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Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | X, 343 S. Ill. |
ISBN: | 0253345650 0-253-34565-0 0253217601 0-253-21760-1 |