The enculturated gene : sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa /

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In the 1980s, a research team led by Parisian scientists identified several unique DNA sequences, or haplotypes, linked to sickle cell anemia in African populations. After casual observations of how patients managed this painful blood disorder, the researchers in question postulated that the Senegal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fullwiley, Duana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2011]
Temas:
Sickle cell anemia > Social aspects > Senegal.
Sickle cell anemia > Genetic aspects.
Sickle cell anemia > Patients > Services for > Senegal.
Genetic disorders > Social aspects > Senegal.
Kinship > Health aspects > Senegal.
Genetic disorders.
Families.
Nuclear families.
Politics, Practical.
Anemia, Sickle Cell > genetics
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Socioeconomic Factors
Family
Politics
Anthropology, Medical > methods
Nuclear Family
Drépanocytose > Aspect social > Sénégal.
Drépanocytose > Aspect génétique.
Drépanocytose > Patients > Services > Sénégal.
Maladies génétiques > Aspect social > Sénégal.
Maladies génétiques.
Familles.
Politique.
politics.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Politics, Practical
Nuclear families
Genetic disorders
Families
Genetic disorders > Social aspects
Sickle cell anemia > Genetic aspects
Sickle cell anemia > Social aspects
Senegal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the powers of association
  • Healthy sicklers with "mild" disease: local illness affects and population-level effects
  • The biosocial politics of plants and people
  • Attitudes of care
  • Localized biologies: mapping race and sickle cell difference in French West Africa
  • Ordering illness: heterozygous "trait" suffering in the land of the mild disease
  • The work of patient advocacy
  • Conclusion: economic and health futures amid hope and despair.

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