Heredity and Hope The Case for Genetic Screening

Name: Heredity and Hope The Case for Genetic Screening
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ISBN: 9780674024243

ISBN-10: 0674024249

ISBN-13: 9780674024243

Edition: 2008

Authors: Ruth Schwartz Cowan

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The secrets locked in our genes are being revealed, and we find ourselves both enthused and frightened about what that portends. We look forward to curing disease and alleviating suffering-for our children as well as for ourselves-but we also worry about delving too deeply into the double helix. Abuses perpetrated by eugenicists-from involuntary sterilization to murder-continue to taint our feelings about genetic screening. Yet, as Ruth Schwartz Cowan reveals, modern genetic screening has been practiced since 1960, benefiting millions of women and children all over the world. She persuasively argues that new forms of screening-prenatal, newborn, and carrier testing-are both morally right…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 5/20/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Introduction



Many Varieties of Beautiful Inheritance



Eugenics and the Genealogical Fallacy



Pronatal Motives and Prenatal Diagnosis



No Matter What, This Has to Stop!



Genetic Screening and Genocidal Claims



Parents, Politicians, Physicians, and Priests


Conclusion


Notes


Further Reading


Acknowledgments


Index