Prenatal Testing: A Sociological Perspective by Burke, B. M.

Prenatal Testing: A Sociological Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780897893374)

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Prenatal Testing: A Sociological Perspective by Burke, B. M.

Prenatal Testing: A Sociological Perspective

$95.00
Prenatal Testing: A Sociological Perspective by Burke, B. M.

Prenatal Testing: A Sociological Perspective

$95.00
Format: Hardcover
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Prenatal testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood. Using sociological research, this book analyzes the social-psychological and ethical implications of invasive prenatal testing, particularly CVS and amniocentesis. Among the issues covered are changes in the genetic counseling profession and in client demographics; the challenge of nondirective genetic counseling; decisions on testing and on which test to have; the timing and risks of the procedures; abortion and grief; the ethics of sex selection; potential uses and abuses of genetic knowledge; and policy and ethical implications.

Author: B. M. Burke,Aliza Kolker
ISBN-10: 0897893379
ISBN-13: 9780897893374
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 07/21/1994
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
By B. M. Burke
By B. M. Burke
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ALIZA KOLKER is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University. She is the author or editor of three previous books on health and policy issues.

MEREDITH BURKE, a consulting demographer to major donor agencies overseas, has taught health and demographic policy courses at several universities. Formerly with the international division of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, she was a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1996-7. She has published extensively in professional journals and in the news media about genetics, health care and policy issues.

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