Heredity and hope the case for genetic screening /

Main Author: Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, 1941-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10314336
Table of Contents:
  • 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.