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Author:
Wailoo, Keith.
Title:
The troubled dream of genetic medicine : ethnicity and innovation in Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease / Keith Wailoo and Stephen Pemberton.
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
viii, 249 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Genetic disorders--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethnic groups--Diseases.
Tay-Sachs disease--Genetic aspects.
Cystic fibrosis--Genetic aspects.
Sickle cell anemia--Genetic aspects.
Genetic Diseases, Inborn--ethnology.
Genetic Diseases, Inborn--prevention & control.
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Cystic fibrosis.
HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY.
Tay-Sachs disease
Other Authors:
Pemberton, Stephen Gregory.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-222) and index.
Contents:
Ethnic symbols in conflicted times -- Eradicating a "Jewish gene": promises and pitfalls in the fight against Tay-Sachs disease -- Risky business in white America: gene therapy and other ventures in the treatment of cystic fibrosis -- A perilous lottery for the Black family: sickle cells, social justice, and the new therapeutic gamble -- Dreams amid diversity.
ISBN:
9780801883262
9780801883262 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801883261 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801883255 (hard cover : alk. paper)
0801883253 (hard cover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)61211245
LCCN:
2005021184
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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