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Heredity and Hope : The Case for Genetic Screening.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (303 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674029927
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Heredity and HopeDDC classification:
  • 616/.042
LOC classification:
  • RB155
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Many Varieties of Beautiful Inheritance -- 2. Eugenics and the Genealogical Fallacy -- 3. Pronatal Motives and Prenatal Diagnosis -- 4. No Matter What, This Has to Stop! -- 5. Genetic Screening and Genocidal Claims -- 6. Parents, Politicians, Physicians, and Priests -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Neither minimizing the difficulty of the choices that modern genetics has created for us nor fearing them, Cowan argues that we can improve the quality of our own lives and the lives of our children by using the modern science and technology of genetic screening responsibly.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Many Varieties of Beautiful Inheritance -- 2. Eugenics and the Genealogical Fallacy -- 3. Pronatal Motives and Prenatal Diagnosis -- 4. No Matter What, This Has to Stop! -- 5. Genetic Screening and Genocidal Claims -- 6. Parents, Politicians, Physicians, and Priests -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Neither minimizing the difficulty of the choices that modern genetics has created for us nor fearing them, Cowan argues that we can improve the quality of our own lives and the lives of our children by using the modern science and technology of genetic screening responsibly.

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