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Genetic Responsibility; On Choosing Our Children's Genes
by Mack Lipkin, Peter Rowley Editors
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0306308134
- ISBN 13
- 9780306308130
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1974 Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York. 1974. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for 4-5 pages with occasional lines of yellow highlighting. Book Condition: Very Good +; bumped tips, tail, and spine from shelving. DJ: Good +; rubbing to panels; chipping along top edges; scotch-tape repaired tear on upper front panel. Brown boards with bright gilt lettering on spine; 176 pp 8vo. This book is the proceedings of a symposium on Genetics, Man, and Society in 1972. The phenomenal advances occurring in the field of human genetics will have many far-reaching personal and social implications for the individual in the modern world. Exploring the impact of new information and techniques in genetic counseling from the positions of the counselor, consumer, and sociologist, this volume is concerned with stimulating public discussion of the moral and ethical issues in genetics and the roles of the physician and the legislative and judicial bodies in the development and regulation of new methodologies. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005886
- Title
- Genetic Responsibility; On Choosing Our Children's Genes
- Author
- Mack Lipkin, Peter Rowley Editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0306308134
- ISBN 13
- 9780306308130
- Publisher
- Plenum Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- genetics, gene splicing, DNA, social implications, Down Syndrome, genetic defects, genetic birth defects, prenatal testing, genetic counseling, abortion, in vitro fertilization, medical genetics, genetic engineering, reproduction
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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