Testing Baby: The Transformation of Newborn Screening, Parenting, and Policy Making by Rachel Grob

Critical Issues in Health and Medicine

Testing Baby: The Transformation of Newborn Screening, Parenting, and Policy Making

Rachel Grob

290 pages hardcover 2011

4 editions

nonfiction health medium-paced
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Within forty-eight hours after birth, the heel of every baby in the United States has been pricked and the blood sent for compulsory screening to detect or rule out a large number of disorders. Newborn screening is expanding rapidly, fueled by the...

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