Blinded by science : the social implications of epigenetics and neuroscience /

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"In recent years, new areas of biology, especially epigenetics and neuroscience, have enthralled the public imagination. They have been used as powerful arguments for developing social policy in a particular direction, from early intervention in the lives of disadvantaged children to seeking &#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wastell, David (Autor), White, Sue, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2017.
Temas:
Epigenetics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Epigenetics > Social aspects.
Neurosciences > Moral and ethical aspects.
Neurosciences > Social aspects.
Neurosciences > Ethics.
Epigenomics > ethics
Neurosciences > ethics
Sociological Factors
Neurosciences > Morale.
Neurosciences > Aspect social.
Neurosciences > Aspect moral.
Épigénétique > Aspect social.
Épigénétique > Aspect moral.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biochemistry.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Neurosciences > Moral and ethical aspects
Neurosciences > Social aspects
Kind
Psychische Gesundheit
Entwicklung
Strafverfolgung
Familienpolitik
Neurowissenschaften
Epigenetik
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Getting to grips with the thought styles. Biology and the drive for human improvement
  • How knowledge gets made in neuroscience and molecular biology
  • Blaming the brain
  • Part II. Fixing real people. The precarious infant brain
  • The cat is out of the bag : from early intervention to child protection
  • Perfecting people : the inexorable rise of prevention science
  • Epigenetics : rat mum to my Mum?
  • Human epigenetics prematurely born(e)?
  • Are we broken? : fixing people (or society) in the 21st century
  • Appendices.

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