Eugenics and euthanasia – then and now

Lars Grue

doi:10.1080/15017410903076776

Eugenics and euthanasia – then and now

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 12 (2010): Issue 1

By: Lars Grue

Open Access

|Sep 2010

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