ISBN:
0415354064
,
0415354072
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 215 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Genetic Governance
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Bioethics
;
Genetics Social aspects
Abstract:
Genetic research is pushing against the ethical and practical boundaries of human society. It is now an established subject of international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. this book delivers stimulating work from leading
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Genetics and governance; Governance; Governmentality and ethics; Ethics, risk and governance; Risk, population and identity; Knowledge, governance and the future; References; Chapter 1 Ethics of clinical genetics; Chapter 2 Risk management and ethics in high-tech antenatal care; Chapter 3 The first genetic screening in Finland; Chapter 4 Choice as responsibility; Chapter 5 From eugenics to the government of genetic risks; Chapter 6 The sociology of the new genetics; Chapter 7 Whose right to choose?
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8 'New' genetics meets the old underclassChapter 9 Public health and the 'new genetics'; Chapter 10 More than code; Chapter 11 Emerging forms of governance in genomics and post-genomics; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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