ISBN:
9789400701274
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law
Series Statement:
The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics 18
DDC:
616.3980615895
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Human genetics
;
Ethics
;
Public health
Abstract:
This volume addresses the overlapping aspects of the fields of genomics, obesity and (non-) medical ethics. It is unique in its examination of the implications of genomics for obesity from an ethical perspective. Genomics covers the sciences and technologies involved in the pathways that DNA takes until the organism is completely built and sustained: the range of genes (DNA), transcriptor factors, enhancers, promoters, RNA (copy of DNA), proteins, metabolism of cell, cellular interactions, organisms. Genomics offers a holistic approach, which, when applied to obesity, can have surprising and disturbing implications for the existing networks tackling this phenomenon. The ethical concerns and consideration presented are inspired by the interaction between the procedural perspective emphasizing the necessity of consultative and participatory organizational relationships in the new gray zones between medicine and food, and the substantive perspective that both cherishes individual autonomy and embeds it in socio-cultural contexts.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; Part I Introduction; 1 Challenges of Genomics to Obesity and Traditional Ethics; 2 Genomics and Obesity from a Pragmatist Point of View; Part II Concepts of Genomics and Obesity; What Can Genomics Imply for Society?; 3 Behaviour, Environment or Body: Three DiscoursesINTbreak; on Obesity; 4 Contesting the Obesity `Epidemic': Elements of a Counter Discourse; 5 Three Main Areas of Concern, Four Trends in Genomics and Existing Deficiencies in Academic Ethics; 6 Obesity Genomics: Struggle Over of Responsibilities
Description / Table of Contents:
Part III Futures, Genetic Testing and Enhancement7 Obesity in 2020: Three Scenarios on Techno-socio-ethical Co-evolution; 8 Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: How the PromiseINTbreak; of a Personalised Approach is Being Squandered; 9 Genomics, Obesity and Enhancement; Part IV Cultural Framing of GenomicsObesity in The Netherlands and Italy; 10 Obesity and Genomics in the Netherlands; 11 Obesity and Genomics in Italy; 12 Holland-Italy: A Match Too Far? Comparative Analysis of Italy and The Netherlands on Obesity and Genomics
Description / Table of Contents:
Part V Food and Health: Toward a Happy Match of Genomics, Obesity and Values13 Prevention of Obesity and Personalized Nutrition: Public and Private Health; 14 Expectations and Disappointments of the Human Genome: The Genomics Health Card and Anti Obesity Pills; 15 Matching Nutrigenomics, Society and Values; Part VI Conclusion; 16 Conclusion: Beyond Genomics and Obesity; Name Index; Subject Index;
Note:
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DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-0127-4
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