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• Title:To test or not to test : a guide to genetic screening and risk / Doris Teichler Zallen.
  
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• Author/Creator:Teichler-Zallen, Doris.
  
• Published/Created:New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ50 .T45 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Genetic screening.
  Genetic disorders--Risk factors.
  
• Description:xv, 198 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-189) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780813543789 (paper)
  0813543789 (paper)
  9780813543772 (cloth)
  0813543770 (cloth)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Introduction: Genetic Tests Are Different
  Ch. 2. Brief Overview of Susceptibility-Gene Testing
  Ch. 3. Am I at a Higher Risk for This Disease than Other People?
  Ch. 4. Will the Test Give Me Useful Information?
  Ch. 5. Is This the Right Time in My Life to Be Taking This Test?
  Ch. 6. Will the Advantages Gained from Having the Genetic Information Outweigh the Disadvantages?
  Ch. 7. Decisions, Decisions
  Ch. 8. Deciding about Other Types of Genetic Tests
  Ch. 9. Future of Genetic Medicine
  App. Brief Introduction to Genetics.