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

by Frank Dikötter

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