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How genes matter : genetic medicine as subjectivisation practices /

Understanding the significance of genetic factors for our lives requires an analysis that goes beyond biological aspects. It is especially necessary to take into account how human beings relate to others and to themselves. Who we are is a result of social action and the ways in which human beings co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wieser, Bernhard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2017]
Colección:Body cultures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Subjectivisation as theoretical framework
  • Methodology
  • Genes in the womb
  • Coming into being
  • New conditions for the sciences of life
  • ELSA as a heritage of public controversies
  • Public accountability of newborn screening
  • Ethical boundary work
  • Subjectivisation of bioscientists
  • Science, politics, and the public
  • Constituting oneself as a researcher
  • Negotiating who ELSA researchers are
  • Methodological challenges
  • Why science policy context matters.