Saving babies? : the consequences of newborn genetic screening

Saving babies? : the consequences of newborn genetic screening / Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder.

In this volume, Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder evaluate the consequences and benefits of state-mandated newborn screening - and the larger policy questions they raise about the inherent inequalities in American medical care that limit the effectiveness of this potentially lifesaving technolog...

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Main Authors: Timmermans, Stefan, 1968- (Author), Buchbinder, Mara (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Series:Fieldwork encounters and discoveries.
Subjects:
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.
Newborn screening.
Genetic disorders.
Newborn infants > Diseases.
Newborn infants.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Pediatric & Neonatal.
MEDICAL > Perinatology & Neonatology.
Newborn screening
Newborn infants > Diseases
Newborn infants
Genetic disorders
Genetic screening > Social aspects
Medical screening > Social aspects
United States
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