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Saving Babies?: The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)
Stefan Timmermans
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Description for Saving Babies?: The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)
Paperback. Drawing on observations and interviews with families, doctors, and policy actors, this book presents an ethnographic study of how parents and geneticists resolve the many uncertainties in screening newborns. It is suitable for scholars of medicine, public health, and public policy. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: MFN; MJWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the collection and analysis of a small blood sample, every baby born in the United States is screened for more than fifty genetic disorders. Though the early detection of these abnormalities can potentially save lives, the test also has a high percentage of false positives-inaccurate results that can take a brutal emotional toll on parents before they are corrected. Now some doctors are questioning whether the benefits of these screenings outweigh ... Read more
It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the collection and analysis of a small blood sample, every baby born in the United States is screened for more than fifty genetic disorders. Though the early detection of these abnormalities can potentially save lives, the test also has a high percentage of false positives-inaccurate results that can take a brutal emotional toll on parents before they are corrected. Now some doctors are questioning whether the benefits of these screenings outweigh ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226273617
SKU
V9780226273617
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About Stefan Timmermans
Stefan Timmermans is professor and chair of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of Postmortem How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths, among other books. Mara Buchbinder is assistant professor of social medicine and adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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