title: Demographic entrapment.
abstract: Demographic entrapment is a situation in which a population exceeds the carrying capacity of its own ecosystem and its 'connectedness' to other ecosystems. It can be looked upon as a disorder of the demographic transition which presents serious ethical problems in that there are occasions on which there is a conflict between the interests of the child and the community. Reasons are given for the aid agencies' recognizing the existence of entrapment, which presently they do not. Since there are at present considerable obstacles to their doing this, we must accept a period of 'legitimate double-think' meanwhile.
authors.affiliation: Academic Unit of Public Health Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D003906:Developing Countries; D004463:Ecology; D004989:Ethics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011158:Population Growth; D014480:United Nations