To Test or Not to Test : a Guide to Genetic Screening and Risk.

Genetic tests of our risks for disease offer practical medical benefits for some while for others, they do not prove useful. Often they raise many medical, ethical, and psychological concerns. To Test or Not to Test arms readers with questions that should be considered before they decide whether to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zallen, Doris Teichler
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Genetic disorders > Risk factors.
Genetic screening.
Genetic disorders.
Risk.
Genetic Testing
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Risk
Maladies génétiques > Facteurs de risque.
Dépistage génétique.
Maladies génétiques.
Risque.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Genetic.
MEDICAL > Genetics.
MEDICAL > General.
Genetic disorders
Genetic screening
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Genetic tests of our risks for disease offer practical medical benefits for some while for others, they do not prove useful. Often they raise many medical, ethical, and psychological concerns. To Test or Not to Test arms readers with questions that should be considered before they decide whether to pursue genetic screening. Am I at higher risk for a disorder?. Can genetic testing give me useful information?. Is the timing right for testing?. Do the benefits of having the genetic information outweigh the problems that testing can bring?. Doris Teichler Zallen provides a template to guid.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (220 pages)
ISBN:9780813545806
0813545803

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