Erschienen in:
01.08.2011 | Book Review
Carole H. Browner and H. Mabel Preloran Neurogenetic Diagnoses: The Power of Hope, and the Limits of Today’s Medicine
Routledge, 2010
verfasst von:
Jill S. Goldman
Erschienen in:
Journal of Genetic Counseling
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Ausgabe 4/2011
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Excerpt
Those of us working in the field area of adult neurogenetics are constantly faced with individual and family tragedy, ethical dilemmas, and often great frustration at the lack of resources and hope for our patients and their families. Yet at the same time, we remain in this specialty because the diseases and their mechanisms are fascinating and our patients amaze us with their strength and courage. Above all, we stay because we hope we are making a difference to these families. But are we and how can we do it better? In Neurogenetic diagnoses: The power of hope, and the limits of today’s medicine, Carole Browner and Mabel Preloran examine the experiences of patients and families living with a neurogenetic disease and the neurologists who treat them. The authors’ objective is to gain a better understanding of their lives, the meaning of a genetic diagnosis, and the process patients and their families go through in deriving that diagnosis. …
