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Genetic Doc Shares Inspiring and Heart-wrenching Stories in New Book

Published in State and Local Health Law Weekly, September 24th, 2009

The Human Genome Project has not only captured the public's attention, but also thrust genetics center stage in the world of medicine.

"In the next quarter century, this knowledge will be harnessed to forever change the way that medicine is practiced," writes Robert Marion, MD, in his arresting new book GENETIC ROUNDS: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine (Kaplan Publishing; Hardcover; October 6, 2009).

"New technology will allow us to diagnose and treat human disease before they have even declared themselves, forever changing medicine from a field that is reactive (waiting for symptoms to develop and then treating those...

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