Negotiating Risk : British Pakistani Experiences of Genetics.

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Drawing on fieldwork with British Pakistani clients of a UK genetics service, this book explores the personal and social implications of a 'genetic diagnosis'. Through case material and comparative discussion, the book identifies practical ethical dilemmas raised by new genetic knowledge a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw, Alison
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2009.
Temas:
Philosophy.
Medicine.
Consanguinity.
Culture.
Risk assessment.
Consanguinity
Genetic Testing > psychology.
Culture
Genetic Diseases, Inborn > ethnology
Risk Assessment
Philosophy
Medicine
Philosophie.
Médecine.
Consanguinité.
Évaluation du risque.
philosophy.
medicines (material)
culture note.
risk assessment.
medicine (discipline)
culture (concept)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Genetic.
MEDICAL > Genetics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Risk assessment
Genetik
Erbkrankheit
Blutsverwandtschaft
Ethischer Konflikt
Pakistaner
United Kingdom
Pakistan
Großbritannien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title page-Negotiating Risk; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1-Medical and Public Perceptions of Consanguineoud Marriage and Genetic Risk; Chapter 2-Close Kin Marriages: Some Anthropological Theory and European History; Chapter 3-British Pakistani Cousin Marriages: Balancing Marital Risks; Chapter 4-Medical Surveillance and Diagnostic Uncertainty; Chapter 5-Responding to Reproductive Risk; Chapter 6-Foretelling and Managing Infant Death; Chapter 7-Genetic Screening and the Extended Family; Chapter 8-Genetic Risk in Context; Bibliography; Index.

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