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Genetics, health and society /
Gene-environment interactions and epigenetics are often conceptualized as key mechanisms underlying the influence of social status and social interaction on the distribution of health and illness in society. At the same time, genetic technologies, research, and explanations for health and behavior h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley :
Emerald,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Advances in medical sociology ;
v. 16. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Heritability studies : methodological flaws, invalidated dogmas, and changing paradigms / Callie H. Burt
- All marked-up in the genetic era : race and ethnicity as "floating signifiers" in genetic and genomic research / Latricia Best, W. Carson Byrd
- Genetic approaches to health disparities / Catherine Bliss
- Making a case for genetics : interdisciplinary visions and practices in the contemporary social sciences / Sara Shostak, Jason Beckfield
- Researching genes, behavior, and society to improve population health : a primer in complex adaptive systems as an integrative approach / Patricia Goodson
- Sociology in an age of genomic instability : copy number variation, somatic mosaicism, and the fallen genome / Martine Lappe, Hannah Landecker
- Natural symptoms? The intersection of social, biological, and genetic determinants of depression in later life / Jason Schnittker
- Frames of reference : marketing the practice and ethics of PGD on fertility clinic websites / Debra Swoboda
- The right to know or not to know : risk notification and genetic counselling / Amaya Gilson [and others]
- Using public-private partnerships to mitigate disparities in access to genetic services : lessons from Wisconsin / Laura Senier, Matthew Kearney, Jason Orne.