{"product_id":"moments-of-truth-in-genetic-medicine-paperback","title":"Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Susan Lindee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenetic research increasingly dominates medical thought and practice in the United States and in many other industrialized nations. Susan Lindee's original study explores the institutions, disciplines, and ideas that initiated the reconfiguration of genetic medicine from a marginal field in the mid-1950s to a core research frontier of biomedicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the work of geneticists and other experts in identifying and classifying disease during the explosive period between 1950 and 1980, Lindee identifies the individual \"moments of truth\" that moved the field away from its eugenic past to the center of a new world view in which nearly all disease is understood to be fundamentally genetic. She suggests that these moments of truth were experienced not only by scientists but also by those who had familial, intimate, emotional knowledge of hereditary disease: patients, family members, and research subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on benchmarks in the field--such as the rise of neonatal testing in the 1960s, genetic studies of unique human populations such as the Amish, the development of human cytogenetics and human behavioral genetics, and the efforts to find genes for rare diseases such as familial dysautonomia--she tracks the emergence of a biomedical consensus that nearly all disease is genetic disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the success of this field as a point of entry, Lindee chronicles both the production of knowledge in biomedicine and changes in the cultural meaning of the body in the late twentieth century. She suggests that scientific knowledge is a community project that is shaped directly by people in many different social and professional locations. The power to experience and report scientific truth may be much more dispersed than it sometimes appears, because people know things about their own bodies, and their knowledge has often been incorporated into the technical infrastructure of genomic medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLindee's pathbreaking study shows the interdependence of technical and social parameters in contemporary biomedicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Lindee's original study explores the institutions, disciplines, and ideas that initiated the reconfiguration of genetic medicine from a marginal field in the mid-1950s to a core research frontier of biomedicine. Tracing the work of geneticists and other experts in identifying and classifying disease during the explosive period between 1950 and 1980, Lindee identifies the individual moments of truth that moved the field away from its eugenic past to the center of a new world view in which nearly all disease is understood to be fundamentally genetic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese fascinating, well-written stories portray what it is like to work in human or medical genetics, both in the clinic and as a researcher.--\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs difficult as it is to pinpoint the key events in history, Lindee manages this well, singling out and humanising the most important events and players.--\u003ci\u003eLancet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis history will reward anyone interested in the paths from gene discoveries to cures or the potential for genomic medicine.--\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptures the complexities of research on genetic disease while prompting us to reconsider the distribution of scientific authority and the dynamics of knowledge production.--\u003ci\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn elegant, accessible, even thrilling book that is itself a moment of historical truth and a must-read.--\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoments of Truth in Genetic Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e opens up an important area of contemporary biomedicine, the 'genetization' of disease, to historical scrutiny, looking for decisive turning points far beyond the narrow confines of molecular genetics. Written in a highly accessible style, it will be of interest to anyone concerned with the making of biomedical knowledge, genetic and otherwise.--\u003ci\u003eIsis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSusan Lindee\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e--Charles E. Rosenberg, Harvard University \"History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Lindee's original study explores the institutions, disciplines, and ideas that initiated the reconfiguration of genetic medicine from a marginal field in the mid-1950s to a core research frontier of biomedicine. Tracing the work of geneticists and other experts in identifying and classifying disease during the explosive period between 1950 and 1980, Lindee identifies the individual \"moments of truth\" that moved the field away from its eugenic past to the center of a new world view in which nearly all disease is understood to be fundamentally genetic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These fascinating, well-written stories portray what it is like to work in human or medical genetics, both in the clinic and as a researcher.\"--\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As difficult as it is to pinpoint the key events in history, Lindee manages this well, singling out and humanising the most important events and players.\"--\u003ci\u003eLancet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This history will reward anyone interested in the paths from gene discoveries to cures or the potential for genomic medicine.\"--\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Captures the complexities of research on genetic disease while prompting us to reconsider the distribution of scientific authority and the dynamics of knowledge production.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An elegant, accessible, even thrilling book that is itself a moment of historical truth and a must-read.\"--\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMoments of Truth in Genetic Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e opens up an important area of contemporary biomedicine, the 'genetization' of disease, to historical scrutiny, looking for decisive turning points far beyond the narrow confines of molecular genetics. Written in a highly accessible style, it will be of interest to anyone concerned with the making of biomedical knowledge, genetic and otherwise.\"--\u003ci\u003eIsis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Lindee\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Lindee \u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52708156997939,"sku":"9780801891014","price":66.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/lZ5MKLAmHs9780801891014.webp?v=1763423779","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/moments-of-truth-in-genetic-medicine-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}