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Telling Genes : The Story of Genetic Counseling in America /

For sixty years genetic counselors have served as the messengers of important information about the risks, realities, and perceptions of genetic conditions. More than 2,500 certified genetic counselors in the United States work in clinics, community and teaching hospitals, public health departments,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stern, Alexandra Minna, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • History : genetic counseling develops
  • Genetic risk : an evolving calculus
  • 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.