[PDF.30qi] The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine

The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine

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 | #1885834 in Books |  Yale University Press |  2012-09-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.50 x6.50 x1.00l,1.35 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||12 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| Unexpectedly Interesting|By David Milliern|I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I had no grand expectations for this book on the history of medical genetics, an area which I knew nothing about and wasn't particularly interested in. Nathaniel Comfort got me interested very quickly. I don't typically put much in book reviews regarding the book's actual content, because| |“Comfort explains how eugenics became part of medicine, and how medical and human genetics therefore derive in large part from eugenics.  The great strength of this book is to work this through agnostically and calmly.”—Alison Bashford,

Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements, and scientific reports promising that genetic medicine will make us live longer, enable doctors to identify and treat diseases before they harm us, and individualize our medical care. But surprisingly, a century ago eugenicists were making the same promises. This book traces the history of the promises of medical genetics and of the medical dimension of eugenics. While mindful of the benefits of genetic medicine, the ...

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