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Telling genes : the story of genetic counseling in America / Alexandra Minna Stern.

By: Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.Description: ix, 238 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781421406671 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1421406675 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781421406688 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1421406683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781421407487 (electronic)
  • 1421407485 (electronic)
DDC classification:
  • 362.196/042 23
LOC classification:
  • RB155.7 .S74 2012
NLM classification:
  • QZ 50
Contents:
History : genetic counseling develops -- Risk : the developing calculus of genetic risk -- Race : tense and troubled relations -- Disability : the dynamics of difference -- Women : transforming genetic counseling -- Ethics : shades of gray in genetic counseling -- Prenatal diagnosis : the handmaiden of contemporary genetic counseling.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History : genetic counseling develops -- Risk : the developing calculus of genetic risk -- Race : tense and troubled relations -- Disability : the dynamics of difference -- Women : transforming genetic counseling -- Ethics : shades of gray in genetic counseling -- Prenatal diagnosis : the handmaiden of contemporary genetic counseling.

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