Sahra Gibbon

Broschiertes Buch

Breast Cancer Genes and the Gendering of Knowledge

Science and Citizenship in the Cultural Context of the 'new' Genetics

Beschreibung

The book examines the social and cultural context of new genetic knowledge associated with breast cancer. It looks at how this knowledge and technologies are used and received in two contrasting social arenas - cancer genetic clinics and a breast cancer research charity.

Autor

SAHRA GIBBON is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Anthropology Department at University College London, UK. She has a longstanding interest in the social and cultural dimensions of developments in genomics and the dynamic interface between differently constituted sciences and publics. She teaches on a range of courses focussing on the anthropology of medicine, science and technology

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-54754-8
• 1st ed. 2007
• Seitenzahl: 221
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9781349547548
• ISBN-10: 1349547549
• Artikelnr.: 45005859