The price of perfection: Individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement, by Maxwell J. Mehlman

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 4 (1):231-236 (2011)
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Maxwell J. Mehlman, The price of perfection: Individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009, reviewed by Anita Silvers

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