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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wailoo, Keith.
- 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
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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