Deaf lesbians, “designer disability,” and the future of medicine

For discussion on equality and disability

• Boyd K M. Disability. J Med Ethics 2001;27:361-62. (editorial)
• Diesfeld K. Disability matters in medical law. J Med Ethics 2001;27:388-92. (Equality and disability symposium)
• Edwards S D. Prevention of disability on grounds of suffering. J Med Ethics 2001;27:380-2. (Equality and disability symposium)
• Gillam L. Prenatal diagnosis and discrimination against the disabled. J Med Ethics 1999;25:163-71.
• Harris J. Is there a coherent social conception of disability? J Med Ethics 2000;26:95-100.
• Harris J. One principle and three fallacies of disability studies. J Med Ethics 2001;27:383-7. (Equality and disability symposium)
• Harris J. One principle and a fourth fallacy of disability studies. J Med Ethics 2002;28:204.
• Jones R B. Impairment, disability and handicap—old fashioned concepts? J Med Ethics 2001;27:377-9. (Equality and disability symposium)
• Koch T. Disability and difference: balancing social and physical constructions. J Med Ethics 2001;27:370-6. (Equality and disability symposium)
• Newell C. The social nature of disability, disease and genetics: a response to Gillam, Persson, Draper and Chadwick. J Med Ethics 1999;25:172–5.
• Reindal SM. Disability, gene therapy and eugenics—a challenge to John Harris. J Med Ethics 2000;26:89–94.

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