208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

What implications are applications of new genetic technologies in biomedicine having on social identity in today’s society? New Genetics, New Identities , a wide-ranging multi-disciplinary volume in the CESAGen Genetics & Society Book series, presents not only theoretical reflection but also empirical case studies drawn from an international array of authors. Including the highly... Read more

1 Introduction: New Genetic Identities?

Paul Atkinson and Peter Glasner

2 Genetic advocacy groups, science and biovalue: creating

political economies of hope.

Carlos Novas

3 Patients as Public in Ethics Debates – interpreting the role of patient

organizations in democracy.

Annemiek Nelis, Gerard de Vries and Rob Hagendijk

4 From ‘scraps and fragments’ to ‘whole organisms’: Molecular biology, clinical research and post genomic bodies.

Susan E. Kelly

5 Fashioning Flesh: inclusion, exclusivity and the potential of genomics.

Fiona O’Neill

6 Mapping origins: race and relatedness in population genetics

and genetic genealogy.

Catherine Nash

7 The moral and sentimental work of the clinic: the case of genetic syndromes.

Katie Featherstone, Maggie Gregory and Paul Atkinson

8 Medical Classification and the Experience of Genetic Haemochromatosis.

Aditya Bharadwaj, Paul Atkinson and Angus Clarke

9 Towards an Anatomy of Public Engagement with Medical Genetics.

Robert Evans, Alexandra Plows and Ian Welsh

10 Genetics, Gender and Reproductive Technologies in Latin America.

Liliana Acero

11 Genomics, Social Formations and Subjectivity.

Priya Venkatesan

Biography

Atkinson, Paul; Glasner, Peter; Greenslade, Helen

'This book sets out to analyse the impact of genetic advances on the identity of individuals, nations and ethnic groups. It argues controversially that identifying diesease-related genetic differences in people leads to patients becoming 'subjects' and this creates distinct groups in society'- Cher Thornhill, Nursing Standard