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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)