Narrating the New Predictive Genetics

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-83314-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Society and the Life Sciences

This book explores the way changes in technology have altered the relationship between ethics and medicine. For some inherited diseases, new genetic testing technologies may provide much more accurate diagnostic and predictive information which raises important questions about consent, confidentiality and use of the information by family members and other third parties. What are the implications of this knowledge for individuals and their families? And for society more widely? How should this new information be used? How do people deal with the choices that new knowledge and technologies offer? Drawing on extensive ethnographic research with families affected by Huntington's Disease, and using perspectives from medical and cultural anthropology, the author explores the huge disparity between the experience of living with the results of genetic testing and the knowledge and expertise which are drawn on to develop policy and clinical services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Konrad, Monica

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Ethnography as Linkage Map: 1. Thinking futures; 2. Approaching translocations; Part II. 'Home Truths': 3. Foretelling foreknowledge; 4. Tracing genealogies of non-disclosure; Part III. Relational Ethics in Practice: 5. Reproducing exclusion; 6. Relinquishing exclusion; 7. Conclusion; Appendix.

Über Autor(innen)

Konrad, Monica
Monica Konrad is Fellow of Girton College and Research Associate at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Her recent publications address the relevance of contemporary anthropology for global governance in science, international bioethics, and interdisciplinary studies.