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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
2008.
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| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Important Note; Chapter One: Introduction: Genetic Tests Are Different; Chapter Two: A Brief Overview of Susceptibility- Gene Testing; Chapter Three: Am I at a Higher Risk for This Disease than Other People?; Chapter Four: Will the Test Give Me Useful Information?; Chapter Five: Is This the Right Time in My Life to Be Taking This Test?; Chapter Six: Will the Advantages Gained from Having the Genetic Information Outweigh the Disadvantages?; Chapter Seven: Decisions, Decisions; Chapter Eight: Deciding about Other Types of Genetic Tests. | |
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