Telling genes : the story of genetic counseling in America / Alexandra Minna Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Alexandra Minna, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetic counseling--United States.

Genetic counseling.

Genetic counseling--United States--History.

Genetic Counseling.

History.

United States.

Genetic Counseling--history.

Medical Subjects:

Genetic Counseling.

United States.

Genetic Counseling--history.

Physical Description:

ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2012]

Summary:

This volume presents a historically-informed discussion of the development of genetic counseling as a medical profession in the United States that provides an understanding of how the field matured within the context of medical discovery and economic, social, and cultural developments in society and also allows for an interrogation of how controversial issues have been dealt with from the field's founding in the 1940s to the present day, with said issues involving questions of the concept of genetic risk, the relationship between genetic counseling and understandings of race in science and society, treatment of disabilities, gender dynamics, bioethics, and the role of reproductive choice and technologies in the establishment of prenatal diagnosis. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

History: genetic counseling develops

Genetic risk: an evolving calculus

Race: tense and troubled relations

Disability: the dynamics of difference

Women: transforming genetic counseling

Ethics: shades of gray in genetic counseling

Prenatal diagnosis: the handmaiden of contemporary genetic counseling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421406671

1421406675

9781421406688

1421406683

9781421407487

1421407485

OCLC:

773811662