Title Blood matters : a journey along the genetic frontier / Masha Gessen

Published London : Granta, [2007] ©2007

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	616.042092 Gessen Ges/Bma		AVAILABLE

Description 321 pages ; 24 cm Contents pt. 1. The past -- 1. The mother's fatal flaw -- 2. The four mothers of Jews -- 3. The post-Nazi era -- pt. 2. The present -- 4. Indecision -- 5. A decision at any cost -- 6. The father of hereditary cancers -- 7. The cruelest disease -- 8. The science of matchmaking -- 9 . The operation -- pt. 3. The future -- 10. The future of the old fashioned way -- 11. Biobabble -- 12. What we fear most Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-307) and index Subject Gessen, Masha. Gessen, Masha -- Health. Genetic disorders. Genetic disorders. Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Social aspects. Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects. Medical genetics -- Social aspects. Medical genetics -- Religious aspects. Genre/Form Autobiographies. ISBN 9781862079946 hardback

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