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The troubled dream of genetic medicine : ethnicity and innovation in Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease / Keith Wailoo and Stephen Pemberton.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wailoo, Keith.
Contributor:
Pemberton, Stephen Gregory.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genetic disorders--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic disorders.
Ethnic groups--Diseases.
Ethnic groups.
Tay-Sachs disease--Genetic aspects.
Tay-Sachs disease.
Cystic fibrosis--Genetic aspects.
Cystic fibrosis.
Sickle cell anemia--Genetic aspects.
Sickle cell anemia.
Genetic Diseases, Inborn--ethnology.
Genetic Diseases, Inborn--prevention & control.
Anemia, Sickle Cell.
Cystic Fibrosis.
Health Services Accessibility.
Tay-Sachs Disease.
Research.
Medical Subjects:
Genetic Diseases, Inborn--ethnology.
Genetic Diseases, Inborn--prevention & control.
Anemia, Sickle Cell.
Cystic Fibrosis.
Health Services Accessibility.
Tay-Sachs Disease.
Physical Description:
viii, 249 pages ; 21 cm
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-222) and index.
ISBN:
0801883253
0801883261
OCLC:
61211245
Publisher Number:
9780801883262

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