Katie Featherstone, Paul Atkinson, Aditya Bharadwaj, Angus Clarke

Risky Relations

Family, Kinship and the New Genetics

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Produktbeschreibung

Increasingly more conditions are now being identified as having a genetic component, and controversial new genetic technologies potentially have major consequences for social relations and self-identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781845201784
• ISBN-10: 1845201787
• Artikelnr.: 21450271

Autorenporträt

Katie Featherstone is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics, Cardiff University.Aditya Bharadwaj is a Research Associate in the Centre for Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics, Cardiff University.Angus Clarke is Professor and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University of Wales College of Medicine.Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University, and Associate Director of the ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Risky Relations and Other Complexities Chapter 2: Accomplishing
Kinship Chapter 3: Routes and Journeys: Beliefs about Inheritance and
Routes of Transmission Chapter 4: Mutual Surveillance Chapter 5: Practical
Ethics and Disclosure Chapter 6: Family Narratives Chapter 7: Risky
Relations Appendix: Summary of Conditions.