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Your Genetic Destiny: Know Your Genes, Secure Your Health, and Save Your Life (Chap. 25 "Genetic Counseling")
by Aubrey Milunsky. 393 pgs.

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Much in the news, inherited disease and genetic testing are complex and confusing issues that leave most people asking "So, what can I do with this promising information?" A powerfully helpful and authoritative guide, Your Genetic Destiny has the answers. From what tests to have taken to what the results mean and when further genetic counseling is in order; from what foods to avoid to which medications to take and what other medical options are available, world-renowned geneticist Aubrey Milunsky demonstrates how knowledge of our genetic makeup can save our lives. Covering heart disease, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, mental illness, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, longevity, and infertility, Your Genetic Destiny is the most comprehensive, compassionate, and informed guide available for all concerned about the risks of inherited disease.

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Books by Aubrey Milunsky, M.D., D.Sc

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Knowledge Is Lifesaving

Chapter 1: What You Should Know, and Why

Chapter 2: Personal Considerations and Your Family History

The Threads of Your Life

Chapter 3: Too Many or Too Few Chromosomes

Chapter 4: Sex Chromosome Disorders

Chapter 5: Chromosome Rearrangements

The Blueprints for Life

Chapter 6: Genes

Chapter 7: You and Your Genes

Chapter 8: Ethnic Genes and the Disorders They Cause

Chapter 9: When Threads or Blueprints Go Awry Mental Retardation and Birth Defects

Chapter 10: Genes That Make You Susceptible to Various Disorders or Complications

Harmful Genes

Chapter 11: Genes and Heart Disease

Chapter 12: Genetic Disorders of Heart Structure and Rhythm, and of the Arteries

Chapter 13: Is High (Or Low) Blood Pressure Inherited?

Chapter 14: Genes and Diabetes

Chapter 15: Obesity: Genes or Environment?

Chapter 16: Genes and Cancer

Chapter 17: Is There a History of Cancer in Your Family?

Chapter 18: Mental Illness in the Family

Chapter 19: Genes, Depression, and Other Mood Disorders

Chapter 20: Genes and Alzheimer's Disease

Chapter 21: Genes, Aging, and Longevity

Avoidance and Prevention of Genetic Disorders

Chapter 22: Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders

Chapter 23: Genetic Disorders and Pregnancy

Personal Matters, Predictive Tests, Genetic Counseling, and Treatment

Chapter 24: Presymptomatic and Predictive Genetic Diagnosis

Chapter 25: Genetic Counseling

Chapter 26: Genes, Ethics, Law, and Public Policy

Chapter 27: Treatment of Genetic Disorders

Appendix A: Some Frequently Asked Questions

Appendix B: Genetics Resource Organizations

Appendix C: Genetics- and Health-Related Internet Sites

Appendix D: Reference Books

Index

About the Author
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Behavior Genetics: Principles and Applications (Chap. 5 "Medical Genetics, Genetic Counseling, and Behavior Genetics")
by John L. Fuller, Edward C. Simmel. 498 pgs.

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Behavior Genetics: Principles and Applications

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Preface

List of Contributors

1: Fundamentals of Genetic and Evolutionary Theories

2: Genetics of Human Nervous System Functioning

3: Genetics of Exploratory Behavior and Activity

4: Behavioral Pharmacogenetics

5: Medical Genetics, Genetic Counseling, and Behavior Genetics

6: Genetics of Schizophrenia

7: Genetics and Intelligence

8: Ethology and Behavior Genetics

9: Genetics of Social Behavior in Nonhuman Animals

10: Epimeletic and Et-Epimeletic Behavior in Animals

11: The Genetics of Agonistic and Sexual Behavior

12: Sociobiology and Behavior Genetics

Author Index

Subject Index
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New Approaches to Human Reproduction: Social and Ethical Dimensions (Chap. 2 "Chromosomes and Communication: The Discourse of Genetic Counseling")
by Linda M. Whiteford, Marilyn L. Poland. 232 pgs.

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Preface

Introduction

Part One: Ethics of Quality, Access, and Care During Pregnancy

1: The Ultimate Failure: Court-Ordered Cesarean Section

Acknowledgments

References

2: Chromosomes and Communication: the Discourse of Genetic Counseling

Notes

References

3: Ethical Issues in the Delivery of Quality Care to Pregnant Indigent Women

References

Part Two: Ethical Decisions in the Treatment of Newborns

4: Life-And-Death Decisions and the Sociology of Knowledge: the Case of Neonatal Intensive Care

Notes

References

5: Deciding to Treat Newborns: Changes in Pediatricians' Responses to Treatment Choices

References

6: Decision Making About Care of Catastrophically Ill Newborns: the Use of Technological Criteria

References

7: From Principles to Practice: Life-And-Death Decisions in the Intensive-Care Nursery

References

Part Three: Ethical Implications of Family Formation by Surrogacy

8: The Technology of Aid and Surrogacy

References

9: Secrecy and the New Reproductive Technologies

References

10: Commercial Surrogacy: Social Issues Behind the Controversy

Notes

References

11: Surrogate Mothering in the Marketplace: Will Sales Law Act as Surrogate for Surrogacy Law?

Notes

References

12: Surrogacy in the United Kingdom

Notes

References

13: The Baby M Case: a Class Struggle Over Undefined Rights, Unenforceable Responsibilities, and Inadequate Remedies

Notes

References

The Contributors

Index
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The New Genetics and the Public's Health (Chap. 5 "Facilitating Autonomy: The Discourse of Genetic Counselling")
by Alan Petersen, Robin Bunton. 256 pgs.

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This volume addresses the emerging social and political consequences of the new genetics and provides a critique of current research and practice in public health.

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: The New Genetics, Health, and 'the Public'

Chapter 2: The Scope and Context of the New Genetics

Chapter 3: Genes, Technology, and Public Health

Chapter 4: The New Genetics and the Media

Chapter 5: The Discourse of Genetic Counselling

Chapter 6: Global Genes

Chapter 7: The New Genetic Citizens

Bibliography

Index
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Prenatal Testing: A Sociological Perspective (Chap. 4 "The Genetic Counseling Session")
by Aliza Kolker, B. Meredith Burke. 250 pgs.

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Testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood, and the recent discoveries by the Human Genome Project affect us all. In this updated version of their important book with its new Afterword, the authors have incorporated the most recent prenatal testing information. Using their own research, the authors analyze the psycho-social and ethical implications of genetic testing. Among the issues discussed in the new Afterword are the spread of prenatal testing, the changing meanings of pregnancy, and the perils and promises of the Human Genome Project.

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Copyright Acknowledgments

Contents

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Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: Prenatal Testing and the Social Construction of Pregnancy

2: The Procedures

NOTE

3: The Evolution of an Ethos:: Counselors and Nondirectiveness

4: The Genetic Counseling Session

NOTES

5: Reactions to Amniocentesis:: The Early Years

6: Who Uses Prenatal Diagnosis:: Innovation

NOTE

7: Assessing the Risks

8: Attitudes about Abortion

NOTE

9: Abnormal Diagnosis and Termination

NOTE

10: Fetal Sex Identification

11: Knowledge for What? Prenatal Testing and Competing Social Goals

Appendixes

Afterword

References

INDEX

About the Authors and Contributor
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The Worth of Women's Work: A Qualitative Synthesis (Chap. 9 "Women Talking to Women: Abortion Counselors and Genetic Counselors")
by Anne Statham, Eleanor M. Miller, Hans O. Mauksch. 331 pgs.

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The Worth of Women's Work: A Qualitative Synthesis

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Foreword

Acknowledgements

Part I: Introduction and Analysis

Chapter 1: Women's Approach to Work: the Creation of Knowledge

Chapter 2: The Integration Work: a Second-Order Analysis of Qualitative Research

Part II: Doing What Comes Naturally? the Caretaker Role

Chapter 3: Social Policy and Everyday Life in Nursing Homes: a Critical Ethnography

Chapter 4: A Belated Industry Revisited: Domestic Service among Japanese-American Women

Chapter 5: Day Work in the Suburbs: the Work Experience of Chicana Private Housekeepers

Chapter 6: The Caretakers: Keeping the Area Up and the Family Together

Chapter 7: Some Peoples Calls It Crime: Hustling, the Illegal Work of Underclass Women

Part III: Professional Practice without Professional Power

Chapter 8: Registered Nurses, Gender, and Commitment

Chapter 9: Women Talking to Women: Abortion Counselors and Genetic Counselors

Chapter 10: Public Schoolteaching: a Suitable Job for a Woman?

Chapter 11: Women at the Top of Women's Fields: Social Work, Nursing, and Education

Part IV: Making It in the Male World

Chapter 12: Think like a Man, Work like a Dog, and Act like a Lady: Occupational Dilemmas of Policewomen

Chapter 13: Women Working for Women: the Manager and Her Secretary

Chapter 14: Women in Direct Sales: a Comparison of Mary Kay and Amway Sales Workers

Chapter 15: Invisible Amidst the Glitter: Hispanic Women in the Southern California Electronics Industry

Part V: What Does It All Mean?

Chapter 16: Policy Implications: the Worth of Women's Work

Chapter 17: The Qualitative Approach to the Study of Women's Work: Different Method/ Different Knowledge

Contributors

Index of Names

Index of Concepts
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Women and New Reproductive Technologies: Medical, Psychosocial, Legal, and Ethical Dilemmas (Chap. 9 "Communicating about the New Reproductive Technologies: Cultural, Interpersonal, and Linguistic Determinants of Understanding")
by Judith Rodin, Aila Collins. 171 pgs.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

1: The New Reproductive Technologies: Overview of the Challenges and Issues

2: The History of the Relationship Between Women's Health and Technology

3: Pregnancy-Inducing Technologies: Biological and Medical Implications

4: Autonomy, Choice, and the New Reproductive Technologies: The Role of Informed Consent in Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis

5: Ethical Issues Raised by the New Medical Technologies

6: Women's Reproductive Rights: The Impact of Technology

7: Women and Advances in Medical Technologies: The Legal Issues

8: Psychological Issues in New Reproductive Technologies: Pregnancy-Inducing Technology and Diagnostic Screening

9: Communicating About the New Reproductive Technologies: Cultural, Interpersonal, and Linguistic Determinants of Understanding

10: The New Reproductive Technologies: What Have We Learned?

Author Index

Subject Index
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Pregnancy, Birth, and the Early Months: The Thinking Woman's Guide ("Genetic Counseling" begins on p. 47)
by Richard I. Feinbloom. 368 pgs.

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Fully revised and updated, this authoritative and complete guide covers prenatal testing, genetics, the best nutrition, drugs during pregnancy, and new technology. Photos, drawings & charts.

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Pregnancy, Birth, and the Early Months: The Thinking Woman's Guide

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Contents

Introduction to the Third Edition

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Making Wise Decisions During Pregnancy

Chapter 2 Shaping a Healthy Pregnancy

Chapter 3 Caring for the Baby-To-Be

Chapter 4 Choices in Childbirth

Chapter 5 After the Birth: Care of the Parents

Chapter 6 After the Birth: Care of the Baby

Chapter 7 Special Situations and Complications

Appendix: Further Reading and Reference

Index

About the Author
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Encyclopedia of Reproductive Technologies (Chap. Sixty-Eight "Genetic Counseling")
by Annette Burfoot. 428 pgs.

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Tables and Figures

Preface

Acronyms

Part One: Theories of Reproduction-- Ancient to Contemporary

One: Historical Perspectives of Human Reproduction

Two: Infant Feeding

Three: Sex Preference

Four: Genetic Engineering

Five: Genetic Diagnosis

Six: New Definitions of Family

Seven: Response of the Catholic Church to New Reproductive Technologies

Eight: Reprotech: a Feminist Critique of the Language of Reproductive Technologies

Nine: New Reproductive Technologies-- Women and Science

Ten: New Reproductive Technologies as Dystopia

Part Two: Early Reproductive Technologies

Eleven: Birth Technology

Twelve: Birth Technologies: Critical Perspectives

Thirteen: Breastfeeding

Fourteen: Infant-Feeding Technologies

Fifteen: Contraception Technologies

Sixteen: Contraception--Ethics

Seventeen: Diethylstilbestrol (des)

Eighteen: Menstrual Disorder Technologies

Nineteen: Female Circumcision/ Female Genital Mutilation

Twenty: Abortion Technologies

Twenty-One: Abortion--Ethics

Twenty-Two: Adoption and Restrictions on Abortion--Ethics

Twenty-Three: Prenatal Harm

Twenty-Four: Informed Consent and Women in Labor

Twenty-Five: Reproductive Health in the Workplace

Twenty-Six: Contemporary Midwifery

Part Three: Early Infertility Treatments

Twenty-Seven: Artificial Insemination

Twenty-Eight: Artificial Insemination Policy

Twenty-Nine: Psychosocial Implications of Donor Insemination

Thirty: Lesbian Access to Donor Insemination

Thirty-One: Male Infertility

Thirty-Two: Ovulation Induction

Thirty-Three: Risk Perception and Health Screening

Thirty-Four: Prenatal Diagnosis Technologies

Thirty-Five: Prenatal Diagnosis-- Critical Perspectives

Thirty-Six: Sex Selection

Part Four: Advanced Infertility Techniques

Thirty-Seven: In Vitro Fertilization Overview

Thirty-Eight: In Vitro Fertilization-- Historical Development

Thirty-Nine: Ovarian Suppression by Gnrh Agonists

Forty: Human Pituitary Hormones and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Forty-One: In Vitro Fertilization-- Culture Media

Forty-Two: In Vitro Maturation and Ova Freezing

Forty-Three: In Vitro Fertilization and Male-Factor Infertility

Forty-Four: Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (gift)

Forty-Five: In Vitro Fertilization--Risks

Forty-Six: Counseling

Forty-Seven: Selection and Assessment for Treatment

Forty-Eight: Egg Donation

Forty-Nine: Surrogacy

Fifty: Baby M Surrogacy Case

Fifty-One: World Health Organization Report on the Place of in Vitro Fertilization in Infertility Care

Fifty-Two: Advanced Infertility Technologies and Occupational Environments

Fifty-Three: Informed Consent and Advanced Infertility Technologies

Fifty-Four: Legislation-- United Kingdom

Fifty-Five: Legislation-- the Netherlands

Fifty-Six: Legislation--France

Fifty-Seven: Legislation--Australia and New Zealand

Fifty-Eight: Legislation--Canada

Fifty-Nine: Legislation-- the United States

Sixty: Legislation-- Germany

Part Five: Reproductive and Genetic Science

Sixty-Two: Embryo Research

Sixty-Three: Embryo Research-- Legal Issues

Sixty-Four: Cloning Technologies

Sixty-Five: Cloning--Ethics

Sixty-Six: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Sixty-Seven: Genetics-- Discrimination

Sixty-Eight: Genetic Counseling

Sixty-Nine: Ectogenesis

Seventy: Genetic Screening and German- Based Eugenics-- Old and New

About the Editor and Contributors

Index
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Genetic Counseling: Implications for Community Counselors, in Journal of Counseling and Development
by Nancy Bodenhorn, Gerard Lawson. 5 pgs.

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The Role of Genetic Counseling in the Elective Termination of Pregnancies Involving Fetuses with Disabilities, in Journal of Special Education
by Christy D. Roberts, Laura M. Stough, Linda H. Parrish. 8 pgs.

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Genetic Knowledge: Human Values and Responsibility ("Genetic Screening, Sickle Cell Anemia, and the African and African-American Perspectives: The Ethics of Screening and Counseling" begins on p. 183 and "Legal Implications of Genetic Screening and Counseling" begins on p. 231)
by Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley. 284 pgs.

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Addresses the many value, scientific, & public policy issues surrounding the use of genetic knowledge. Important questions are raised about the definitions of health & disease, personhood & family. Ethical & legal issues concerning individual right & responsibility versus communal good & responsibility, concerning discrimination, stigmatization & the right of privacy are discussed. Issues include ethic & ethos of responsibility such as the notion of responsible, preventive medicine, genetic carrier responsibility, responsibility for family & for future generations. The perspective is interdisciplinary & multi-cultural.

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Introduction

Genetic Information: Caution, Cooperation, and Human Values

Section I: The Present State of Genetic Knowledge: What We Know and What We Do Not Know

The Human Genome: Facts, Enigmas, and Complexities

The Nature of Polygenic Diseases: Toward a Holistic Theory of Biology

Section II: The Concepts of "Genetic Health" and "Genetic Disease": Do They Make Sense?

Genetic Information and Genetic Essentialism: Will We Betray Science, the Individual, and the Community?

Reductionism in Medicine?: Genetification of Concepts of Health and Disease?

Treatment of Genetic Disease: Who is the Patient?

Section III: The Present State of Genetic Knowledge and Its Implications for Health Care

The Present State of Genetic Knowledge and Implications for Genetic Screening

Genetic Knowledge and Human Values: a Clinician's View

Section IV: Genetic Knowledge Viewed from Ethnic, Cultural, and Religious Perspectives

Amniocentesis and Gender Discrimination in India

A Chinese Perspective on the Use of Genetic Knowledge

Genetic Screening, Sickle Cell Anemia, and the African and African-American Perspectives: the Ethics of Screening and Counseling

Islamic Perspectives on Genetic Technology and Information Use

Section V: Public Policy for Genetic Knowledge and Its Use

Public Policy Issues: Genetic Knowledge and Its Use

Legal Implications of Genetic Screening and Counseling

Bibliography

Glossary of Genetic Terms

Index
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Handbook of Psychology and Health, Vol. II ("Genetic Counseling and Birth Defects" begins on p. 2)
by Andrew F. Baum, Jerome E. Singer. 294 pgs.

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Preface

1: Prenatal and Neonatal Issues in Pediatric Practice

Introduction

Summary

References

2: Developmental Jeopardy in the First Year of Life: Behavioral Considerations

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

3: Hypertension in Adolescents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

References

4: Developmental Antecedents of Schizophrenia

Summary

References

5: The Type A Behavior Pattern Children and Adolescents: Assessment, Development, A Associated Coronary-Risk

References

6: Developmental Processes in the Experience of Menarche

References

7: Behavior Management in Pediatric Dentistry

References

8: Coping with Juvenile Onset Diabetes Mellitus

Introduction

Summary and Conclusions

References

9: The Behavioral Disorders of Children with Spina Bifida

References

10: Modifying Health Lifestyles in Children and Adolescents: Development and Evaluation of A Social Psychological Intervention

References

11: Environment and Children's Mental Health: Residential Density and Low Income Children

Summary of Major Findings

Conclusions

References

Author Index

Subject Index

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