Telling genes :

Stern, Alexandra.

Telling genes : the story of genetic counseling in America / Alexandra Minna Stern. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. - ix, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History : genetic counseling develops -- Risk : the developing calculus of genetic risk -- 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.

9781421406688 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2012002232


Genetic Counseling--United States.
Genetic Counseling--history--United States.


Print books.

RB155.7 / .S743 2012

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