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Pedigrees, propaganda, and paranoia: family studies in a historical context.

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions - 1 Jan 2001

Lombardo P A

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This article reviews the uses of family studies carried out in the early 20th century under the banner of eugenics, a companion discipline to early genetics. It explores how, in an attempt to analyze and quantify purportedly biologic bases of social problems, the eugenicists constructed pedigree charts of notoriously "defective" families. Investigation of individuals with suspect traits formed the basis for...

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PMID: 11803769
DOI: 10.1002/chp.1340210408

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