{"product_id":"genetic-medicine-9780801874420","title":"Genetic Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChilds thus provides a conceptual framework within which to teach and practice a humane medicine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author gives us new ways of looking at old medical disorders and offers plenty of food for thought to stimulate changes in current thinking. -- Virginia E. Kimonis Teaching and Learning in Medicine Barton Childs's book is erudite and informative. -- Rodney Harris Human Genetics This book is highly recommended for a wide variety of audiences in addition to physicians and medical students: ethicists, anthropologists, social workers, nurses, and other members of the health profession. Hospital administrators, insurance personnel, and lawyers could also benefit, particularly in this day of managed care. Members of curriculum committees of medical schools and public health schools could also benefit. Fortunately, some of Childs's concepts are being applied to medical teaching already, but I know of no better synthesis in one book. -- James E. Bowman Perspectives in Biology and Medicine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:1. IntroductionI. MEDICAL THINKING   2. Inborn Errors and Chemical Individuality  3. The Transition from Oslerian to Garrodian Medicine  4. Individuality and Causes  5. Definitions of DiseaseII. A LOGIC OF DISEASE   6. Biology and Medicine: Contrasts and Convergences  7. A SynthesisIII. SPECIES IDENTITY   8. Lessons from PhylogenyIV. ADAPTIVE FLEXIBILITY: HOMEOSTASIS AND DEVELOPMENT   9. Physiological Homeostasis: The Homeostasis of the Moment  10. Genetic Homeostasis: The Past  11. Developmental Homeostasis: The Lifetime  12. Sociocultural Homeostasis  13. Homeostatic InteractionsV. DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION: GENETIC VARIATION   14. What is a Gene?  15. The Paths of Gene Action  16. Whatever Is, Is Variable  17. The Semantics of Genetics  18. Classification of DiseaseVI. REPRODUCTION, FREQUENCY, AND CONTINUITY   19. The Diploid State  20. Gene Frequency  21. Heterogeneity  22. Unity and Continuity of Disease  23. Heritability  24. InfectionsVII. AN ANALYSIS OF DISEASE IN THREE TIME FRAMES   25. The Moment: Type I Diabetes  26. The Lifetime  27. Biological and Social History, and a Vision of Disease in Three Time FramesVIII. THE LOGIC AND MODERN MEDICINE   28. The Human Genome Project  29. The Medical-Genetic Synthesis and Society  30. A Basis for Medical Education","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527618896215,"sku":"9780801874420","price":32.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801874420.jpg?v=1731868569","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/genetic-medicine-9780801874420","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}