1st Edition
New Genetics, New Identities
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
