Heredity and hope
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, 1941-
Heredity and hope the case for genetic screening / Ruth Schwartz Cowan. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 292 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
9780674024243 (alk. paper)
Genetic screening--History.
Eugenics--History.
Print books.
RB155.65 / .C69 2008
Heredity and hope the case for genetic screening / Ruth Schwartz Cowan. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 292 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
9780674024243 (alk. paper)
Genetic screening--History.
Eugenics--History.
Print books.
RB155.65 / .C69 2008