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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ruth Schwartz COWANPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9780674024243ISBN 10: 0674024249 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 May 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents* Introduction * Many Varieties of Beautiful Inheritance * Eugenics and the Genealogical Fallacy * Pronatal Motives and Prenatal Diagnosis * No Matter What! This Has to Stop! * Genetic Screening and Genocidal Claims * Parents, Politicians, Physicians, and Priests * Conclusion * Further Reading * Notes * Acknowledgments * IndexReviewsModern healers may claim science to be the foundation of their work, but the key is, in fact, persuasion: to heed advice, to push and persevere, to hope. As the genome is further dissected and better understood, no family of diseases warrants more genuine hope for successful management than genetic conditions. Cowan understands that we must all share that hope for the campaign to be successful. -- Hugh Young Rienhoff Jr. Nature (05/22/2008) Modern healers may claim science to be the foundation of their work, but the key is, in fact, persuasion: to heed advice, to push and persevere, to hope. As the genome is further dissected and better understood, no family of diseases warrants more genuine hope for successful management than genetic conditions. Cowan understands that we must all share that hope for the campaign to be successful.--Hugh Young Rienhoff Jr. Nature (05/22/2008) Modern healers may claim science to be the foundation of their work, but the key is, in fact, persuasion: to heed advice, to push and persevere, to hope. As the genome is further dissected and better understood, no family of diseases warrants more genuine hope for successful management than genetic conditions. Cowan understands that we must all share that hope for the campaign to be successful. -- Hugh Young Rienhoff Jr. Nature 20080522 Author InformationRuth Schwartz Cowan is Professor of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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