Heredity and Hope : The Case for Genetic Screening / Ruth Schwartz COWAN.
COWAN, Ruth Schwartz, author.
2009
RB155.65 .C69 2008
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Title Heredity and Hope : The Case for Genetic Screening / Ruth Schwartz COWAN.
Author COWAN, Ruth Schwartz, author.
ISBN 9780674029927
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029927
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2008
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (302 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674029927 doi
Call Number RB155.65 .C69 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 616/.042
Summary 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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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1. Many Varieties of Beautiful Inheritance
2. Eugenics and the Genealogical Fallacy
3. Pronatal Motives and Prenatal Diagnosis
4. No Matter What, This Has to Stop!
5. Genetic Screening and Genocidal Claims
6. Parents, Politicians, Physicians, and Priests
Conclusion
Notes
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Index

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