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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.)
Item Number
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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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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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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