Genetic Testing.

Genetic Testing.

Firmly grounded in empirical data, this book critically engages with the relational, moral and ethical issues surrounding genetic testing in contemporary society. Competing accounts of autonomy, responsibility and blame - by families, by professionals and in the public sphere - are analysed rigorous...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arribas-Ayllon, Michael
Other Authors: Sarangi, Srikant, Clarke, Angus
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2011.
Series:Genetics and society (Series)
Subjects:
Genetic screening > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic screening > Moral and ethical aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Genetic Testing; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Genetic testing: technology in context; 3. Neo-liberalism and the new genetics; 4. Rhetorical discourse analysis; 5. Personal genomics and the media; 6. Family accounts of genetic responsibility; 7. Accounts of genetic testing in the clinic; 8. Professional accounts of ethical challenges in the prenatalgenetics clinic; 9. Conclusion; Appendix: transcription conventions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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