“The Happiness of the Individual Is of Primary Importance”: Genetic Counselling in the GDR
“The Happiness of the Individual Is of Primary Importance”: Genetic Counselling in the GDR
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“个人的幸福是最重要的”:东德的遗传咨询
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-51783-4_23
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发表时间:
2017
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通讯作者:
Susanne
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作者:
Susanne
Against the background of the National Socialist past and the Lysenko doctrine, human genetic research in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) was practiced on a limited scale up until the late 1960s. The doctrine of Lysenko, which had been transferred from the Soviet Union, proclaimed the inheritance of acquired characteristics as a fact and denounced genetics as pseudoscience. Nevertheless, East German scientists practiced human genetic research in some niches, and the concept of hereditary diseases existed in spite of Lysenko.The paper presents the different political and scientific developments that led to the establishment of a genetic counselling family service in the GDR in the 1970s against the backdrop of the Cold War. It shows how genetic counselling was embedded in the socialist health-care system and integrated into family planning. In addition, I analyze how it was put into practice. Limiting factors of genetic counselling in the GDR were not ideological reasons but the lack of resources. Overall genetic counselling was characterized by an ambiguous situation: on the one hand, genetic counselling should be strictly voluntary, and on the other hand, its goal was to prevent the birth of disabled children and to foster the birth of “healthy” ones.
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发表时间:
1976
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作者:
R. Witkowski;O. Prokop
通讯作者:
O. Prokop
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发表时间:
1979
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影响因子:
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作者:
M. Möhr
通讯作者:
M. Möhr
影响因子:
11.4
作者:
R. Hagemann
通讯作者:
R. Hagemann
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发表时间:
1975
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作者:
H. Bach;F. Bolck;Endrik Marischka;V. Beensen
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V. Beensen
影响因子:
0.8
作者:
William deJong
通讯作者:
William deJong