To test or not to test a guide to genetic screening and risk /
Genetic tests of our risks for disease offer practical medical benefits for some while for others, they do not prove useful. Often they raise many medical, ethical, and psychological concerns. To Test or Not to Test arms readers with questions that should be considered before they decide whether to...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
c2008.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary An ebrary electronic resource |
| Summary: | Genetic tests of our risks for disease offer practical medical benefits for some while for others, they do not prove useful. Often they raise many medical, ethical, and psychological concerns. To Test or Not to Test arms readers with questions that should be considered before they decide whether to pursue genetic screening. ? Am I at higher risk for a disorder?. ? Can genetic testing give me useful information?. ? Is the timing right for testing?. ? Do the benefits of having the genetic information outweigh the problems that testing can bring?. Doris Teichler Zallen provides a template to guid. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 198 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813545806 (electronic bk.) 0813545803 (electronic bk.) 1281878960 9781281878960 |