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Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Prenatal screening for genetic disorders is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon across the globe. While studies have highlighted the importance of women’s experiences of such screening, little is known about men’s roles and direct involvement in this process. With a focus on the experiences of both women and men, this text offers an innovative and passionate account of the gendered... Read more
Introduction. 1. Information Keeping/Seeking 2. Gender, Choice and Time 3. Imaging and Imagining Genetics 4. Men, Masculinity and Decision-Making 5. Gendering ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Genes 6. Family, Friends and Heredity 7. Transforming Social Divisions. Conclusion. Appendix. Bibliography
Biography
Kate Reed is a senior lecturer in Medical Sociology at the University of Sheffield. She has published broadly across the areas of ethnicity, gender, social theory and the sociology of health and illness. She is the author of Worlds of Health (Praeger 2003) and New Directions in Social Theory: Race, Gender and the Canon (Sage 2006).
