Aviad E. Raz

Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances (eBook, ePUB)

Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The social and bioethical aspects of carrier testing and its assimilation by specific groups are examined through several qualitative case studies in traditional (religious, ethnic) as well as modern (secular-consumerist) communities in Israel and the U.S. Comparing the views of community members and health professionals, the analysis offers a new look on the relations between eugenics and "genetic responsibility."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134005420
• Artikelnr.: 42636059

Autorenporträt

Aviad E. Raz is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, where he is also directing the Behavioural Sciences Program. He has published on the subject of organisational culture, as well as on the social and bioethical aspects of health organisations, especially in the context of community genetics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Carrier Testing, Eugenics, and Networks of Risk 1. What is
Community Genetics? Definitions and Debates 2. Carrier Matching and
Collective Socialisation: Dor Yesharim and the Reinforcement of Stigma 3.
Reproductive Carrier Testing Between Orthodoxy and Change 4. The
Medicalisation of Cousin Marriage: Carrier Testing in a Muslim Community 5.
Genetic Alliances: The Dilemma of Care and Prevention 6. Scientific,
Communal and Lay Interpretations and Communicative Gaps Regarding Carrier
Testing Conclusion: In Search of Moral Models