Label:
Her reaction on being told not to have kids, Kay Jamison
Description:
Interviewee: Kay Jamison
DNAi Location:
Chronicle>Living with eugenics>The diagnosis
A blow to the heart
It had never occurred to Kay not to have children for fear of passing on a gene for manic depression.
The Diagnosis
Kay Jamison describes the shock of hearing her own diagnosis of manic depression and her doctor's advice not to have children.
Biological elements:
Concepts precesses:
manic depression, eugenics, inheritance
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