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Life histories of genetic disease : patterns and prevention in postwar medical genetics / Andrew J. Hogan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hogan, Andrew J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn--prevention & control.
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Written for historians, sociologists, and anthropologists of science and medicine, as well as bioethics scholars, physicians, geneticists, and families affected by genetic conditions, Life Histories of Genetic Disease is a profound exploration of the scientific culture surrounding malformation and mutation.
- Contents:
- Introduction : pursuing a better birth
- Genetics detectives
- Chromosomal cartography
- The genome's morbid anatomy
- Seeing with molecules
- Institutionalized disorders
- Getting the whole picture
- Epilogue : the genomic gaze.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-2075-9
- OCLC:
- 959618062
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