Saving Babies?

Author: Stefan Timmermans
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0226924971
Category: Medical

Saving Babies?: The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)

It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Download Saving Babies? medical books for free.
Today, through the collection and analysis of a small blood sample, every baby born in the United States is screened for more than fifty genetic disorders. Though the early detection of these abnormalities can potentially save lives, the test also has a high percentage of false positives-inaccurate results that can take a brutal emotional toll on parents before they are corrected. Now some doctors are questioning whether the benefits of these screenings outweigh the stress and pain they sometimes produce. In Saving Babies?, Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder evaluate the con Get Saving Babies? our bestseller medical books.

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