Moments of truth in genetic medicine / Susan Lindee.
Moments of truth in genetic medicine / Susan Lindee.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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T0360938
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English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Babies' blood : phenylketonuria and the rise of public health genetics -- Ch. 3. Provenance and the pedigree : Victor McKusick's field work with the Pennsylvania Amish -- Ch. 4. Squashed spiders : standardizing the human chromosomes and other unruly things -- Ch. 5. Two...
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Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"Susan Lindee's original study explores the institutions, disciplines, and ideas that initiated the reconfiguration of genetic medicine from a marginal field in the mid-1950s to a core research frontier of biomedicine." "Tracing the work of geneticists and other experts in identifying and classifying disease during the explosive period between 1950...
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Moments of truth in genetic medicine / Susan Lindee.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from HEALTH/ N616.042/ 46.
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Other version (online)
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T0360938
Record Identifier
74VKmMRBrNMl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmMRBrNMl
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ISBN
0801881757 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801881756 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
616.042
MMS ID
991020516989702626
