Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects, and Eugenics in China

by Frank Dikötter

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In 1995 the People's Republic of China passed a controversial Eugenics Law, which, after a torrent of international criticism, was euphemistically renamed the Maternal and Infant Health Law. Aimed at "the implementation of premarital medical checkups" to ensure that neither partner has any hereditary, venereal, reproductive, or mental disorders, the ordinance implies that those deemed "unsuitable for reproduction" should undergo sterilization or...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231113706

ISBN13:9780231113700

Release Date:November 1998

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Asia Biological Sciences Biology China Clinical Diseases Ethics History

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