Telling genes : the story of genetic counseling in America / Alexandra Minna Stern.

  • Stern, Alexandra Minna, 1966-
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[2012], ©2012
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Publication/Creation

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2012], ©2012.

Physical description

ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

History: genetic counseling develops -- Genetic risk: an evolving calculus -- Race: tense and troubled relations -- Disability: the dynamics of difference -- Women: transforming genetic counseling -- Ethics: shades of gray in genetic counseling -- Prenatal diagnosis: the handmaiden of contemporary genetic counseling.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9781421406671
  • 1421406675
  • 9781421406688
  • 1421406683
  • 9781421407487
  • 1421407485