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The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-8325-5 (ISBN)
With Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease as a powerful backdrop, the authors provide a glimpse into a diverse America where racial ideologies, cultural politics, and conflicting beliefs about the power of genetics shape disparate health care expectations and experiences.
Keith Wailoo is a professor in the Department of History and the Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. He is the author of Drawing Blood: Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth-Century America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997) and Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health (University of North Carolina Press, 2001). Stephen Pemberton is an assistant professor in the Federated Department of History at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Ethnic Symbols in Conflicted Times
1. Eradicating a ''Jewish Gene'': Promises and Pitfalls in the Fight against Tay-Sachs Disease
2. Risky Business in White America: Gene Therapy and Other Ventures in the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
3. A Perilous Lottery for the Black Family: Sickle Cells, Social Justice, and the New Therapeutic Gamble
Conclusion: Dreams amid Diversity
Notes
Glossary
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.7.2006 |
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Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik |
Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8018-8325-3 / 0801883253 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-8325-5 / 9780801883255 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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