

An edition of Am I my genes? (2012)
confronting fate and family secrets in the age of genetic testing
By Robert Klitzman
Publish Date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
365
Description:
"A book that is at once scholarly, comprehensive, and accessible, Dr. Klitzman brings his wisdom to the major issues that confront sufferers from disorders with a strong genetic underpinning. Klitzman and the men and women he interviews address the predicaments and moral dilemmas facing patients and families in an age of personalized medicine: whether to test, whom to tell, and how to integrate awareness of disease into the sese of self."--Provided by publisher.
subjects: Medical records, Disclosure, Moral and ethical aspects, Access control, Genetic Privacy, Genetic screening, Right of Privacy, Genetic Testing, Family Relations, Inborn Genetic Diseases, Ethics, Self Disclosure, Human chromosome abnormalities, diagnosis, Privacy, right of, Family, Genetic disorders