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Author Timmermans, Stefan, 1968-

Title Saving babies? [electronic resource] : the consequences of newborn genetic screening / Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder.

Imprint Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 307 p. : ill.
Series Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the consequences of newborn screening -- The expansion of newborn screening -- Patients-in-waiting -- Shifting disease ontologies -- Is my baby normal? -- The limits of prevention -- Does expanded newborn screening save lives? -- Conclusion: the future of expanded newborn screening.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Newborn infants -- Medical examinations -- Social aspects -- United States.
Newborn infants -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Social aspects.
Genetic screening -- Social aspects -- United States.
Medical screening -- Social aspects -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Buchbinder, Mara.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780226924977 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0226924971 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226924991 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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