Exploding the gene myth : how genetic information is produced and manipulated by scientists, physicians, employers, insurance companies, educators, and law enforcers /

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Author / Creator:Hubbard, Ruth, 1924-
Imprint:Boston : Beacon Press, c1993.
Description:xv, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1556205
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Other authors / contributors:Wald, Elijah
ISBN:0807004189 : $24.00
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index.

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505 0 0 |g 1.  |t Of Genes and People.  |t The Role of Genetics in Our Lives.  |t Genes for Deafness, Genes for Being Raped.  |t A Word about Scientists.  |t Heredity and Environment.  |t What Are Genes? --  |g 2.  |t Genetic Labeling and the Old Eugenics.  |t The Birth of Eugenics.  |t Genetic Labeling.  |t Involuntary Sterilization.  |t Eugenic Immigration Policies --  |g 3.  |t The New Eugenics: Testing, Screening, and Choice.  |t Overt and Subtle Eugenics.  |t Parenting, Disabilities, and Selective Abortion.  |t Genetic Screening.  |t Fallacies of Genetic Prediction --  |g 4.  |t A Brief Look at Genetics.  |t Heredity and Genes.  |t The Beginning: Gregor Mendel, "Traits," and "Factors"  |t From Mendel to the Double Helix.  |t Genes and Proteins.  |t How Chromosomes and Genes Are Duplicated.  |t X and Y: The Sex Chromosomes.  |t Chromosomes and Cell Division.  |t From DNA to RNA to Proteins.  |t How Genes Function.  |t Sequencing the Human Genome.  |t RFLPs: Linking DNA Patterns with Traits --  |g 5.  |t Genes in Context.  |t Definitions of Health and Disease.  |t Individualization of Health and Illness.  |t Genes as Blueprints.  |t Geneticization.  |t Diagnostic Labeling --  |g 6.  |t "Inherited Tendencies": Chronic Conditions.  |t Some Underlying Assumptions.  |t Conditions That Run in Families.  |t Diabetes.  |t High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, and Strokes.  |t Cancer.  |t Oncogenes and Anti-Oncogenes.  |t Cancer Prevention and Cancer Screening.  |t Breast Cancer.  |t Cancer Prevention versus Cancer Therapy --  |g 7.  |t "Inherited Tendencies": Behaviors.  |t Which Behaviors?  |t Homosexuality.  |t Alcoholism.  |t Problems of Linking Genes to Behavior.  |t Pitfalls of Behavioral Research: The XYY Fallacy --  |g 8.  |t Manipulating Our Genes.  |t Conventional Treatments for Inherited Conditions.  |t Modifying DNA: Somatic Cell Manipulations.  |t "Germ-Line Gene Therapy": Changing Future Generations --  |g 9.  |t Genes for Sale.  |t Funds for Research, Profits for Biotechnology.  |t Commercialization and Conflicts of Interest.  |t Owning the Genome.  |t What to Do? --  |g 10.  |t Genetic Discrimination: Education, Employment, and Insurance.  |t Genetic Testing and the Schools.  |t Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace.  |t Measures to Counter Employment-Related Discrimination.  |t Genetic Discrimination in Insurance --  |g 11.  |t DNA-Based Identification Systems, Privacy, and Civil Liberties.  |t DNA and the Criminal Justice System.  |t Scientific Problems with DNA Profiles.  |t Genetic Privacy and Civil Liberties.  |t Employment- and Health-Related Issues.  |t Controlling Genetic Information.  |g 12.  |t In Conclusion ... --  |t Appendix. Mitochondrial DNA.  |t Mitochondria and Their DNA.  |t Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA. 
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