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Heredity and hope [electronic resource] : the case for genetic screening / Ruth Schwartz Cowan.

By: Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, 1941-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008Description: 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Genetic screening -- History | Eugenics -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616/.042 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.