Testing Baby – The Transformation of Newborn Screening, Parenting, and Policy Making (2011) Rachel Grob

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This book analyzes the transformation of newborn screening (NBS), examining its impact on parenting, policy making, and critical issues in health and medicine. It explores how diagnostic procedures affect parents’ encounters with disease, specifically addressing parenting in the shadow of conditions like Cystic Fibrosis, and the relationship between parents and healthcare professionals.