Heredity and hope : the case for genetic screening /
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, 1941-
Heredity and hope : the case for genetic screening / Ruth Schwartz Cowan. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.
Beautiful inheritance : the many faces of eugenics -- A genealogical fallacy : the many faces of genetics -- The patient greatly wants to have children : the pronatalism of prenatal diagnosis -- No matter what! This has to stop! : communities that have accepted genetic screening -- Genetics and genocide : African American communities and sickle cell disease -- We have a very pragmatic church : mandating genetic screening on Cyprus.
9780674024243 (alk. paper) 0674024249 (alk. paper)
2007039201
Genetic screening--History.
Eugenics--History.
Genetic Screening--history.
Eugenics--history.
History, 20th Century.
RB155.65 / .C69 2008
616/.042
QZ 11.1 / C874h 2008
Heredity and hope : the case for genetic screening / Ruth Schwartz Cowan. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.
Beautiful inheritance : the many faces of eugenics -- A genealogical fallacy : the many faces of genetics -- The patient greatly wants to have children : the pronatalism of prenatal diagnosis -- No matter what! This has to stop! : communities that have accepted genetic screening -- Genetics and genocide : African American communities and sickle cell disease -- We have a very pragmatic church : mandating genetic screening on Cyprus.
9780674024243 (alk. paper) 0674024249 (alk. paper)
2007039201
Genetic screening--History.
Eugenics--History.
Genetic Screening--history.
Eugenics--history.
History, 20th Century.
RB155.65 / .C69 2008
616/.042
QZ 11.1 / C874h 2008