1 option
Saving babies? : the consequences of newborn genetic screening / Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder.
Van Pelt Library RJ255.5 .T555 2013
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Timmermans, Stefan, 1968- author.
- Buchbinder, Mara, author.
- Series:
- Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic Testing.
- Neonatal Screening.
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn.
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases.
- Infant, Newborn.
- Newborn infants--Medical examinations--Social aspects--United States.
- Newborn infants.
- Newborn infants--Diseases--Diagnosis--Social aspects.
- Genetic screening--Social aspects--United States.
- Genetic screening.
- Medical screening--Social aspects--United States.
- Medical screening.
- Medical screening--Social aspects.
- Genetic screening--Social aspects.
- Newborn infants--Diseases--Diagnosis.
- Social aspects.
- Newborn infants--Medical examinations.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetic Testing.
- Neonatal Screening.
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn.
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases.
- Infant, Newborn.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 307 pages ; cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the consequences of newborn screening
- The expansion of newborn screening
- Patients-in-waiting
- Shifting disease ontologies
- Is my baby normal?
- The limits of prevention
- Does expanded newborn screening save lives?
- Conclusion: the future of expanded newborn screening.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226924977
- 0226924971
- OCLC:
- 783150279
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.