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Building genetic medicine : breast cancer, technology, and the comparative politics of health care
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Building genetic medicine : breast cancer, technology, and the comparative politics of health care

Author: Shobita Parthasarathy
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series: Inside technology.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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A comparative study of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer in the United States and Britain that shows the importance of national context in the development and use of science and technology  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Shobita Parthasarathy
ISBN: 0262162423 9780262162425
OCLC Number: 71139448
Description: x, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. Toolkits for genetic testing --
2. Comparative architectures of genetic testing --
3. Eliminating the competition and ensuring success --
4. Defining a good health outcome --
5. Myriad, Britain, and culture clash --
Conclusion --
Epilogue --
Methodological appendix --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Series list --
Index.
Series Title: Inside technology.
Responsibility: Shobita Parthasarathy.
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" Building Genetic Medicine is an enlightening overview of one of the first skirmishes of our genetic century." American Scientist

 
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