Being at Genetic Risk : Toward a Rhetoric of Care /

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"Advocates a conversation around the genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancers that focuses less on choice and more on care. Offers a new set of conceptual starting points for understanding what is at stake with a BRCA diagnosis and what the focus on choice obstructs from view"--Provided...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pender, Kelly, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Arabic
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rhetoric.
Genetic screening.
BRCA genes.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
Participation des patients.
Soins medicaux.
Rhetorique.
Depistage genetique.
Ovaires > Cancer > Patients > Soins medicaux.
Sein > Cancer > Patients > Soins medicaux.
Genes BRCA.
Patient Participation
Patient Care
Risk Factors
Ovarian Neoplasms > genetics
Genetic Testing
Breast Neoplasms > genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease > prevention & control
Patient participation.
Medical care.
Ovaries > Cancer > Patients > Medical care.
Breast > Cancer > Patients > Medical care.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Following Mol's lead : from diabetes to BRCA risk
  • From ideology to governmentality : a constructivist view of genetic risk
  • Making risk real : a praxiographic inquiry into being BRCA+
  • Toward a rhetoric of care for the at risk
  • Conclusion : invention in RSTM: another moderate response to the two-world problem.

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