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Prenatal Testing A Sociological Perspective
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Aliza Kolker, B. Meredith Burke
Foreword by Arthur L. Caplan
Book Code: H337
ISBN: 0-89789-337-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-337-4
248 pages, tables
Bergin & Garvey
Publication: 7/30/1994
List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This book would be of considerable interest to genetic counseling students and genetic counselors in practice. Genetic counseling training programs should consider this resource for their required reading lists....a good general discussion of prenatal testing and the emotional ramifications involved.
    —
    Journal of Genetic Counseling
  • ...a timely and welcome contribution to the ongoing national discussions and medical/ethical dialogues on the controversial and expanding use of prenatal testing.
    —The Midwest Book Review
Description: Prenatal testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood. Using sociological research, this book analyzes the social-psychological and ethical implications of invasive prenatal testing, particularly CVS and amniocentesis. Among the issues covered are changes in the genetic counseling profession and in client demographics; the challenge of nondirective genetic counseling; decisions on testing and on which test to have; the timing and risks of the procedures; abortion and grief; the ethics of sex selection; potential uses and abuses of genetic knowledge; and policy and ethical implications.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Arthur L. Caplan
  • The Social Construction of Pregnancy
  • The Procedures
  • The Ethos of Nondirectiveness
  • The Genetic Counseling Session
  • Amniocentesis: The Early Years
  • Who Uses Prenatal Diagnosis Today
  • Assessing the Risks
  • Attitudes about Abortion
  • Abnormal Diagnosis and Termination
  • Fetal Sex Identification
  • Prenatal Testing and Competing Social Goals
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index
LC Card Number: 93-43731
LCC Class: RG628
Dewey Class: 618
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