Genetic Testing - (Health and Medical Issues Today) by Sarah Boslaugh (Hardcover)

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About the Book Examining the ethical, legal, and medical concerns around genetic testing, this book explores the breadth of genetic testing, its possibilities, and the controversies surrounding it. Book Synopsis Genetic testing has provided important clues to understanding our health, but it has also raised many ethical, legal, and medical questions and concerns. This book explores the breadth of genetic testing, its possibilities, and the controversies that surround its use. The mapping of the human genome has paved the way for a variety of genetic tests. Expectant mothers can have their fetus screened for a variety of genetic abnormalities, and couples worried that they might be carriers …