Whose life is it anyway?

Author:
DOWSON Steve
Journal article citation:
Community Care, 24.07.03, 2003, pp.38-39.
Publisher:
Reed Business Information

There is apparently little concern about the possible impact of the new genetic sciences on the shape of humankind. The public may have qualms about some developments, such as human cloning, but the prospect of using the new knowledge to eradicate inherited illness and impairment is apparently welcomed without qualification. Some disability organisations, however, are expressing deep concern about where the science is leading us. Those people who most loudly defend the rights of disabled people are likely to base their position on a broader framework of human rights - a framework that will make them equally vehement in support of "a woman's right to choose".

Subject terms:
human rights, medical treatment, physical disabilities, rights, children, ethics, genetics;
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ISSN print:
0307-5508

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