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UNINA9910780040903321 |
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Titolo |
The double-edged helix [[electronic resource] ] : social implications of genetics in a diverse society / / edited by Joseph S. Alper ... [et al.] |
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Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (308 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human genetics - Social aspects |
Medical ethics |
Biology - Social aspects |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction Perspectives on Perspectives""; ""1 - Genetic Complexity in Human Disease and Behavior""; ""2 - Geneticists in Society, Society in Genetics""; ""3 - Genetics and Behavior in the News""; ""4 - Advocacy Groups and the New Genetics""; ""5 - Invisible Women""; ""6 - Prenatal Diagnosis and Selective Abortion""; ""7 - African American Perspectives on Genetic Testing""; ""8 - Genetics, Race, and Ethnicity""; ""9 - The Origins of Homosexuality"" |
""10 - Diversity and Complexity in Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transsexual Responses to the ��Gay-Gene�� Debates""""11 - The Commercialization of Genetic Technologies""; ""12 - Individual, Family, and Societal Dimensions of Genetic Discrimination""; ""13 - Current Developments in Genetic Discrimination""; ""Index"" |
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