Selective Reproduction: Social and Temporal Imaginaries for Negotiating the Value of Life in Human and Animal Neonates

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Selective Reproduction : Social and Temporal Imaginaries for Negotiating the Value of Life in Human and Animal Neonates. / Svendsen, Mette N.

In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 2, 06.2015, p. 178-195.

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Svendsen, MN 2015, 'Selective Reproduction: Social and Temporal Imaginaries for Negotiating the Value of Life in Human and Animal Neonates', Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 178-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12149

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Svendsen, M. N. (2015). Selective Reproduction: Social and Temporal Imaginaries for Negotiating the Value of Life in Human and Animal Neonates. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 29(2), 178-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12149

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Svendsen MN. Selective Reproduction: Social and Temporal Imaginaries for Negotiating the Value of Life in Human and Animal Neonates. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 2015 Jun;29(2):178-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12149

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Svendsen, Mette N. / Selective Reproduction : Social and Temporal Imaginaries for Negotiating the Value of Life in Human and Animal Neonates. In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 2015 ; Vol. 29, No. 2. pp. 178-195.

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