Biomedical Ambiguity : Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Whitmarsh, Ian, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medical anthropology.
Health and race.
Genetics > Research > Social aspects.
Black people > Health and hygiene.
Asthma > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Noirs > Sante et hygiene > Barbade.
Sante et race > Barbade.
Asthme > Barbade > Aspect genetique.
Asthme > Aspect social > Barbade.
Medical anthropology > Barbados.
Genetics > Research > Social aspects > Barbados.
Black people > Health and hygiene > Barbados.
Health and race > Barbados.
Asthma > Barbados > Genetic aspects.
Asthma > Social aspects > Barbados.
Barbados.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : vernaculars in race and disease science
  • Contestations of race
  • The nation as biomedical site
  • Asthma variations
  • (Re)categorizing asthma and the rational pharmaceutical
  • Biomedical partnerships : making genetics significant
  • Misgivings in medical participation
  • Participant mothers
  • Home visit translations
  • Biomedical and anthropological excesses.

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