Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-328) 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.
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