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020			_a9780511570049 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aRB155 _b.T74 1996
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245	0	4	_aThe troubled helix : _bsocial and psychological implications of the new human genetics / _cedited by Theresa Marteau and Martin Richards.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1996.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 359 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0	0	_g1. _tDaily life and the new genetics: some personal stories -- _g2. _tThe new genetics: a user's guide / _rMarcus Pembrey -- _g3. _tDecision-making in the context of genetic risk / _rShoshana Shiloh -- _g4. _tGenetic counselling: some issues of theory and practice / _rSusan Michie and Theresa Marteau -- _g5. _tEvaluating carrier testing: objectives and outcomes / _rTheresa Marteau and Elizabeth Anionwu -- _g6. _tPsychosocial aspects of prenatal screening and diagnosis / _rJosephine Green and Helen Statham -- _g7. _tThe genetic testing of children: a clinical perspective / _rAngus Clarke and Frances Flinter -- _g8. _tPredictive genetic testing in children: paternalism or empiricism? / _rSusan Michie -- _g9. _tThe troubled helix: legal aspects of the new genetics / _rDerek Morgan -- _g10. _tHuman pedigree and the 'best stock': from eugenics to genetics? / _rDeborah Thom and Mary Jennings -- _g11. _tPublic understanding of the new genetics / _rJohn Durant, Anders Hansen and Martin Bauer.
520			_aThis wide ranging and compelling account surveys the exciting opportunities and difficult problems which arise from human genetics. The availability of increasingly sophisticated information on our genetic make-up presents individuals, and society as a whole, with difficult decisions. Although it is hoped that these advances will ultimately lead the way to the effective treatment and screening for all diseases with a genetic component, at present many individuals are 'condemned' to a life sentence, in the knowledge that they, or their children, will suffer from an incurable genetic disease. This was the first book to attempt to explore and survey these issues from such a variety of perspectives: from personal accounts of individuals coping with the threat of genetic disease, from the viewpoint of clinicians and scientists, and from those concerned with psychosocial, legal and ethical aspects.
650		0	_aMedical genetics _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aMedical genetics _xMoral and ethical aspects.
700	1		_aMarteau, Theresa, _eeditor.
700	1		_aRichards, Martin, _d1940 January 26- _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521462884
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511570049
999			_c520908 _d520906