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Heredity and Hope: The Case for Genetic Screening
Ruth Schwartz Cowan
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Description for Heredity and Hope: The Case for Genetic Screening
Hardback. Argues that forms of genetic screening - prenatal, newborn, and carrier testing - are both morally right and politically acceptable. This book includes chapters on the often misunderstood testing programs for sickle cell anemia, and on one of the world's only mandated premarital screening programs, both of them on the island of Cyprus. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 halftones, 9 line illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
The secrets locked in our genes are being revealed, and we find ourselves both enthused and frightened about what that portends. We look forward to curing disease and alleviating suffering-for our children as well as for ourselves-but we also worry about delving too deeply into the double helix. Abuses perpetrated by eugenicists-from involuntary sterilization to murder-continue to taint our feelings about genetic screening. Yet, as Ruth Schwartz Cowan reveals, modern genetic screening has been practiced since 1960, benefiting millions of women and children all over the world. She persuasively argues that new forms of screening-prenatal, newborn, ... Read more
The secrets locked in our genes are being revealed, and we find ourselves both enthused and frightened about what that portends. We look forward to curing disease and alleviating suffering-for our children as well as for ourselves-but we also worry about delving too deeply into the double helix. Abuses perpetrated by eugenicists-from involuntary sterilization to murder-continue to taint our feelings about genetic screening. Yet, as Ruth Schwartz Cowan reveals, modern genetic screening has been practiced since 1960, benefiting millions of women and children all over the world. She persuasively argues that new forms of screening-prenatal, newborn, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
464g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674024243
SKU
V9780674024243
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About Ruth Schwartz Cowan
Ruth Schwartz Cowan is Professor of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Heredity and Hope: The Case for Genetic Screening
Modern healers may claim science to be the foundation of their work, but the key is, in fact, persuasion: to heed advice, to push and persevere, to hope. As the genome is further dissected and better understood, no family of diseases warrants more genuine hope for successful management than genetic conditions. Cowan understands that we must all share that hope ... Read more