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THE DOUBLE-EDGED HELIX
SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GENETICS IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY |
| By: |
Joseph S. Alper (Editor), Catherine Ard (Editor), Adrienne Asch (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£35.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0801869641 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780801869648 |
| Publisher: |
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
3 September, 2002 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
The rapidly changing field of genetics affects society through advances in health-care and through implications of genetic research. This study addresses the impacts of new genetic discoveries and technologies on different segments of today's society. |
| Synopsis: |
The rapidly changing field of genetics affects society through advances in health-care and through implications of genetic research. This study addresses the impacts of new genetic discoveries and technologies on different segments of today's society. The book begins with a chapter on genetic complexity, and subsequent chapters discuss moral and ethical questions arising from today's genetics from the perspectives of health care professionals, the media, the general public, special interest groups and commercial interests. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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