genetic counseling

A reference on reproductive issues in the U.S. that discusses reproductive rights and controversies presents a chronology, biographical sketches of forty individuals related to the topic, a collection of facts and statistics, and annotated lists of organizations and print and nonprint resources.

Discusses personalized medicine and efforts by scientists to unlock the secrets, within DNA of diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, and Alzheimer's, with information about treatment, family risk, prevention, and the benefits and limits of personal genetic knowledge.

Examines some of the questions that have been raised by the entry of genetics into the realm of medicine, discusses the impact of genetic testing on individuals and society, traces the history of genetics litigation and legislation, and suggests ethical ways to control the use of genetics in the future.