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  • Rett Syndrome

    Edited by Walter Kaufmann, Alan Percy, Angus Clarke ...
    Series series Clinics in Developmental Medicine
    Among the vast body of literature that has grown around Rett syndrome, this volume is the first to be aimed at both clinicians and researchers. It presents a comprehensive overview of the disorder and examines the areas where gaps in knowledge are most significant. Rett Syndrome is intended to be a guide for both initial examination and in-depth study of the disorder. It is a practical text for ... Read more

    $81.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling, Eighth Edition

    by Angus Clarke ...
    Highly valued across the world by genetic counsellors, medical geneticists and other healthcare professionals, Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling has established itself over previous editions as the essential guide to counselling those at risk from inherited disorders.Fully revised by its new author Angus Clarke, and with additional input from colleagues, this eighth edition provides ... Read more

    Was $80.99 USD Now $71.99 USD

  • The Genetic Testing of Children

    Edited by Angus Clarke ...
    This book, written by a leading geneticist, examines the ethical and social issues raised by the genetic testing of children. The opinions of geneticists, ethicists and affected families are all included to give a balanced view of this controversial field. Issues covered include confidentiality, potential abuses of genetic information (eg the use of test results by insurance companies) and the ... Read more

    $140.99 USD

  • The Fetus as a Patient

    A Contested Concept and its Normative Implications

    Edited by Dagmar Schmitz, Angus Clarke, Wybo Dondorp ...
    Series series Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
    Due to new developments in prenatal testing and therapy the fetus is increasingly visible, examinable and treatable in prenatal care. Accordingly, physicians tend to perceive the fetus as a patient and understand themselves as having certain professional duties towards it. However, it is far from clear what it means to speak of a patient in this connection.This volume explores the usefulness and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Risky Relations

    Family, Kinship and the New Genetics

    by Katie Featherstone, Paul Atkinson, Aditya Bharadwaj, Angus Clarke ...
    Increasingly more conditions are now being identified as having a genetic component, and controversial new genetic technologies potentially have major consequences for social relations and self-identity. How do family members respond to the information that they have a genetically transmitted disease or condition? How do they communicate (or not communicate) about their shared heritage? How do ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Genetic Counselling

    Practice and Principles

    Edited by Angus Clarke ...
    Series series Professional Ethics
    Contributions to this study are drawn both from health professionals engaged in genetic counselling and from observers and critics with backgrounds in law, philosophy, biology, and the social sciences. This diversity will enable health professonals to examine their activities with a fresh eye, and will help the observer-critic to understand the ethical problems that arise in genetic counselling ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Genetic Testing

    Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame

    by Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Srikant Sarangi, Angus Clarke ...
    Series series Genetics and Society
    Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to prospective individuals and their families it also raises complex ethical and moral dilemmas for families as well as genetic professionals.This book explores the ways in which genetic testing generates not ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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  • Science of Desire

    The Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior

    by Dean Hamer ...
    A compelling behind-the-scenes look at cutting-edge scientific inquiry, as well as a brilliant examination of the ramifications of genetic research, The Science of Desire is a lasting resource in the increasingly significant debate over the role that genetics plays in our lives.In July 1993, a scientific event made front-page news: the discovery that genetics plays a significant role in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Politics of Life Itself

    Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century

    by Nikolas Rose ...
    Series series In-Formation
    For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques for manipulating basic life processes at the level of molecules, cells, and genes, medicine now seeks to manage human vital processes. The Politics of Life Itself offers a much-needed examination of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Sexing the Body

    Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality

    by Anne Fausto-Sterling ...
    Now updated with groundbreaking research, this award-winning classic examines the construction of sexual identity in biology, society, and history.Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Pain

    A Sociological Introduction

    by Elaine Denny ...
    Series series Key Themes in Health and Social Care
    Pain in one form or another is probably the most common symptom presented to medical and healthcare professionals. Long a subject of biomedical interest, more recent biopsychosocial theories have extended the study of pain as a concept which is highly individual in the way it is experienced. Today's landscape offers a broad array of approaches to understanding pain and, crucially, to alleviating ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Genetics

    Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

    by Mark P. Aulisio, Françoise Baylis, Geoffrey D. Block, Hawley Fogg-Davis, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Konrad Hockedlinger, Rodulf Jaenisch, Gregory E. Kaebnick, Muin J. Khoury, Roberta Springer Loewy, Thomas May, Edward R. B. McCabe, Linda L. McCabe, Annette Patterson, Jason Scott Robert, Martha Satz, Dena Towner, The President's Council on Bioethics, Francis Fukuyama ...
    Series series Readings in Bioethics
    Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies, is covered regularly in the media, and affects people everyday around the globe. In ... Read more

    $97.19 USD