• Media type: Book
  • Title: To test or not to test : a guide to genetic screening and risk
  • Contains: Introduction: genetic tests are different -- A brief overview of susceptibility-gene testing -- Am I at a higher risk for this disease than other people? -- Will the test give me useful information? -- Is this the right time in my life to be taking this test? -- Will the advantages gained from having the genetic information outweigh the disadvantages? -- Decisions, decisions -- Deciding about other types of genetic tests -- The future of genetic medicine.
  • Contributor: Teichler-Zallen, Doris [Author]
  • imprint: New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 2008
  • Extent: XV, 198 S.; graph. Darst
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780813543772; 9780813543789; 0813543770; 0813543789
  • RVK notation: WC 4400 : Allgemeines, Praktika
    WG 1300 : Populärwissenschaftliche Darstellungen
  • Keywords: Genetic screening ; Genetic disorders Risk factors
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: Introduction: genetic tests are different -- A brief overview of susceptibility gene testing -- Am I at a higher risk for this disease than other people? -- Will the test give me useful information? -- Is this the right time in my life to be taking this test? -- Will the advantages gained from having the genetic information outweigh the disadvantages? -- Decisions, decisions -- Deciding about other types of genetic tests -- The future of genetic medicine

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  • Shelf-mark: WG 1300 T262
  • Item ID: 32245336
  • Status: Loanable, place order