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- catalog abstract ""In this new book, Lois Wingerson explores advances in human genetic research - and how these advances are redefining the way we view ourselves and our world." "Every week brings word of new genetic findings. On the heels of each new finding comes the capacity to test for the disorder the gene may activate, then the test itself - and then the questions. Just because the test is available, should we have it? The tests are often marketed by for-profit companies. Who is to determine what conditions warrant testing? Should it be up to the individual? A group of experts? A government agency? If a person learns he or she carries the gene for a particular disorder, what then? And, in the age of medical claim forms and computer networks, who else has access to that information? What if an employer finds out? If an insurance carrier denies future coverage? What about conceiving a child? Subjecting the fetus to prenatal genetic testing? If treatments for the condition lie well in the future, what benefit is it to know you or your child carry that gene?"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10947149.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""In this new book, Lois Wingerson explores advances in human genetic research - and how these advances are redefining the way we view ourselves and our world." "Every week brings word of new genetic findings. On the heels of each new finding comes the capacity to test for the disorder the gene may activate, then the test itself - and then the questions. Just because the test is available, should we have it? The tests are often marketed by for-profit companies. Who is to determine what conditions warrant testing? Should it be up to the individual? A group of experts? A government agency? If a person learns he or she carries the gene for a particular disorder, what then? And, in the age of medical claim forms and computer networks, who else has access to that information? What if an employer finds out? If an insurance carrier denies future coverage? What about conceiving a child? Subjecting the fetus to prenatal genetic testing? If treatments for the condition lie well in the future, what benefit is it to know you or your child carry that gene?"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Generation of the Upright -- Ch. 2. The Stress Test -- Ch. 3. Choices -- Ch. 4. The Faulkner Conference -- Ch. 5. Regarding Borderlines -- Ch. 6. The New Paradigm -- Ch. 7. Missing Links -- Ch. 8. Otmar von Verschuer: A Gentleman and a Scholar -- Ch. 9. What's Wrong? -- Ch. 10. Genes and the Bomb -- Ch. 11. The Atlas of Ourselves -- Ch. 12. Days of Miracle and Wonder -- Ch. 13. ELSI, the Gentle Watchdog -- Ch. 14. Identity Crisis -- Ch. 15. Genes and Managed Care: The Bottom Line -- Ch. 16. Pandora's Box -- Ch. 17. Traces -- Ch. 18. On Human Evolution.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 399 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Unnatural selection.".
- catalog identifier "0553097091".
- catalog isFormatOf "Unnatural selection.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Bantam Books,".
- catalog relation "Unnatural selection.".
- catalog subject "1999 B-451".
- catalog subject "599.93/5 21".
- catalog subject "Ethics, Medical.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Medical.".
- catalog subject "Human genetics Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Human genetics Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Medical genetics Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Medical genetics Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "QH439 .W56 1998".
- catalog subject "QZ 50 W769u 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Generation of the Upright -- Ch. 2. The Stress Test -- Ch. 3. Choices -- Ch. 4. The Faulkner Conference -- Ch. 5. Regarding Borderlines -- Ch. 6. The New Paradigm -- Ch. 7. Missing Links -- Ch. 8. Otmar von Verschuer: A Gentleman and a Scholar -- Ch. 9. What's Wrong? -- Ch. 10. Genes and the Bomb -- Ch. 11. The Atlas of Ourselves -- Ch. 12. Days of Miracle and Wonder -- Ch. 13. ELSI, the Gentle Watchdog -- Ch. 14. Identity Crisis -- Ch. 15. Genes and Managed Care: The Bottom Line -- Ch. 16. Pandora's Box -- Ch. 17. Traces -- Ch. 18. On Human Evolution.".
- catalog title "Unnatural selection : the promise and the power of human gene research / Lois Wingerson.".
- catalog type "text".