Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine
Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine
Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine
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<strong>Moments</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Truth</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Genetic</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>e (M. Susan L<strong>in</strong>dee) <strong>Genetic</strong> research <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly dom<strong>in</strong>ates medical thought and practice <strong>in</strong> the United States and <strong>in</strong> many other <strong>in</strong>dustrialized nations. Susan L<strong>in</strong>dee s orig<strong>in</strong>al study explores the <strong>in</strong>stitutions, discipl<strong>in</strong>es, and ideas that <strong>in</strong>itiated the reconfiguration <strong>of</strong> genetic medic<strong>in</strong>e from a marg<strong>in</strong>al field <strong>in</strong> the mid-1950s to a core research frontier <strong>of</strong> biomedic<strong>in</strong>e. Trac<strong>in</strong>g the work <strong>of</strong> geneticists and other experts <strong>in</strong> identify<strong>in</strong>g and classify<strong>in</strong>g disease dur<strong>in</strong>g the explosive period between 1950 and 1980, L<strong>in</strong>dee identifies the <strong>in</strong>dividual "moments <strong>of</strong> truth" that moved the field away from its eugenic past to the center <strong>of</strong> a new world view <strong>in</strong> which nearly all disease is understood to be fundamentally genetic. She suggests that these moments <strong>of</strong> truth were experienced not only by scientists but also by those who had familial, <strong>in</strong>timate, emotional knowledge <strong>of</strong> hereditary disease: patients, family members, and research subjects. Focus<strong>in</strong>g on benchmarks <strong>in</strong> the field -- such as the rise <strong>of</strong> neonatal test<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the...<br />
<strong>Moments</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Truth</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Genetic</strong><br />
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