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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780040903321

Titolo

The double-edged helix [[electronic resource] ] : social implications of genetics in a diverse society / / edited by Joseph S. Alper ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8018-7758-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlperJoseph S. <1946->

Disciplina

599.93/5

Soggetti

Human genetics - Social aspects

Medical ethics

Biology - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""