Heredity and hope the case for genetic screening /

Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, 1941-

Heredity and hope the case for genetic screening / [electronic resource] : Ruth Schwartz Cowan. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 292 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.

Beautiful inheritance : the many faces of eugenics -- A genealogical fallacy : the many faces of genetics -- The patient greatly wants to have children : the pronatalism of prenatal diagnosis -- No matter what! This has to stop! : communities that have accepted genetic screening -- Genetics and genocide : African American communities and sickle cell disease -- We have a very pragmatic church : mandating genetic screening on Cyprus.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Genetic screening--History.
Eugenics--History.


Electronic books.

RB155.65 / .C69 2008

616/.042