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Mapping Fate
Alice Wexler
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Description for Mapping Fate
Paperback. Tells the story of a family at risk for a hereditary, incurable, fatal disorder: Huntington's disease, once called Huntington's chorea. This title is suitable for those with questions about genetic illness and the possibilities and perils of genetic testing. Num Pages: 319 pages, 4 b&w photographs, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
In "Mapping Fate", Alice Wexler tells the story of a family at risk for a hereditary, incurable, fatal disorder: Huntington's disease, once called Huntington's chorea. That her mother died of the disease, that her own chance of inheriting it was fifty-fifty, that her sister and father directed much of the extraordinary biomedical research to find the gene and a cure, make Wexler's story both astonishingly intimate and scientifically compelling. Alice Wexler's graceful and eloquent account goes beyond the specifics of Huntington's disease to explore the dynamics of family secrets, of living at risk, and the drama and limits of biomedical ... Read more
In "Mapping Fate", Alice Wexler tells the story of a family at risk for a hereditary, incurable, fatal disorder: Huntington's disease, once called Huntington's chorea. That her mother died of the disease, that her own chance of inheriting it was fifty-fifty, that her sister and father directed much of the extraordinary biomedical research to find the gene and a cure, make Wexler's story both astonishingly intimate and scientifically compelling. Alice Wexler's graceful and eloquent account goes beyond the specifics of Huntington's disease to explore the dynamics of family secrets, of living at risk, and the drama and limits of biomedical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
319
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520207417
SKU
V9780520207417
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About Alice Wexler
Alice Wexler is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Women at University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Emma Goldman in America (1984) and Emma Goldman in Exile (1989).
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