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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Timmermans, Stefan (1968-....)
Buchbinder, Mara
Titre(s) : Saving babies ? [Texte imprimé] : the consequences of newborn genetic screening / Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder
Publication : Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013
Description matérielle : xii, 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Collection : Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Lien à la collection : Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Comprend : The consequences of newborn screening ; The expansion of newborn screening ; Patients-in-waiting
; Shifting disease ontologies ; Is my baby normal? ; The limits of prevention ;
Does expanded newborn screening save lives? ; The future of expanded newborn screening.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-293) and index
It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of
DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the
collection and analysis of a small blood sample, every baby born in the United States
is screened for more than fifty genetic disorders. Though the early-detection of these
abnormalities can potentially save lives, the test also has a high percentage of false
positives, inaccurate results that can take a brutal emotional toll on parents before
they are corrected. Now some doctors are questioning whether the benefits of these
screenings outweigh the stress and pain they sometimes produce. In this book the authors
evaluate the consequences and benefits of state-mandated newborn screening, and the
larger policy questions they raise about the inherent inequalities in American medical
care that limit the effectiveness of this potentially lifesaving technology. Drawing
on observations and interviews with families, doctors, and policy actors, the authors
offer this ethnographic study of how parents and geneticists resolve the many uncertainties
in screening newborns
Sujet(s) : Nouveau-nés -- Maladies -- Société -- États-Unis
Dépistage génétique -- Société -- États-Unis
Dépistage néonatal -- Société -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780226924977 (cloth) (alkaline paper). - ISBN 0226924971 (cloth) (alkaline paper).
- ISBN 9780226924991 (erroné) (e-book). - ISBN 0226924998 (erroné) (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43547750r
Notice n° :
FRBNF43547750
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