The Woman Who Walked into the Sea: Huntington's and the Making of a Genetic Disease

by Alice Wexler (Author), Alice Wexler (Author)

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Illustrated
2010
$31.17

Presents the history of Huntington's in America. Starting with the life of Phebe Hedges, this title uses Huntington's as a lens to explore the changing meanings of heredity, disability, stigma, and medical knowledge among ordinary people as well as scientists and physicians.

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Presents the history of Huntington's in America. Starting with the life of Phebe Hedges, this title uses Huntington's as a lens to explore the changing meanings of heredity, disability, stigma, and medical knowledge among ordinary people as well as scientists and physicians.

$31.17

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 288
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 26 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 0300158610
ISBN 13: 9780300158618

The Woman Who Walked into the Sea: Huntington's and the Making of a Genetic Disease

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$31.17

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$31.17

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