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Autore |
Cowan Ruth Schwartz <1941-> |
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Heredity and hope [[electronic resource] ] : the case for genetic screening / / Ruth Schwartz Cowan |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (303 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Genetic screening - History |
Eugenics - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Beautiful inheritance : the many faces of eugenics -- A genealogical fallacy : the many faces of genetics -- The patient greatly wants to have children : the pronatalism of prenatal diagnosis -- No matter what! This has to stop! : communities that have accepted genetic screening -- Genetics and genocide : African American communities and sickle cell disease -- We have a very pragmatic church : mandating genetic screening on Cyprus. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Neither minimizing the difficulty of the choices that modern genetics has created for us nor fearing them, Cowan argues that we can improve the quality of our own lives and the lives of our children by using the modern science and technology of genetic screening responsibly. |
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