Am I My Genes? Confronting Fate & Family Secrets in the Age of Genetic Testing

by Robert L. Klitzman, M.D. ’85 (Oxford University Press) Although genetic testing has improved the diagnosis and treatment of such diseases as Huntington, cystic fibrosis, and Alzheimer, it leads to difficult decisions for people who fear being tested and question what to do with the results. The author interviewed 64 people who face these dilemmas and describes how they have dealt with the implications of genetic findings for their own lives and those of their family members.