Risky genes [electronic resource] : genetics, breast cancer, and Jewish identity / Jessica Mozersky.

By: Mozersky, JessicaContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Genetics and societyPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013Description: xii, 163 pISBN: 9780203102572 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors | Cancer -- Risk factors | Jewish women -- Health risk assessment | Women -- Health risk assessmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.99/449071 LOC classification: RC280.B8 | M69 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- Setting the scene: Ashkenazi Jews and genetic disease -- The "Ashkenazi BRCA mutations" -- Re-thinking the consequences of medical genetic research -- On being Jewish -- History, memory and the BRCA genes -- Future generations -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Setting the scene: Ashkenazi Jews and genetic disease -- The "Ashkenazi BRCA mutations" -- Re-thinking the consequences of medical genetic research -- On being Jewish -- History, memory and the BRCA genes -- Future generations -- Conclusion.

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

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