Am I My Genes?: Confronting Fate and Family Secrets in the Age of Genetic Testing

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Edition: 1
Release: 2012-03-01
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0199837163
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Am I My Genes? pdf
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In the fifty years since DNA was discovered, we have seen extraordinary advances. For example, genetic testing has rapidly improved the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as Huntington's, cystic fibrosis, breast cancer, and Alzheimer's. But with this new knowledge comes difficult decisions for countless people, who wrestle with fear about whether to get tested, and if so, what to do with the results.

Am I My Genes? shows how real individuals have confronted these issues in their daily lives. Robert L. Klitzman interviewed 64 people who faced Huntington's Disease, breast and ovarian cancer, or Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. The book describes--often in the person's own words--how each has wrestled with the vast implications that genetics has for their lives and their families. Klitzman shows how these men and women struggle to make sense of their predicament and its causes. They confront a series of quandaries--whether to be tested; whether to disclose their gene Download Am I My Genes? for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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