1st Edition
Risky Relations Family, Kinship and the New Genetics
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Increasingly more conditions are now being identified as having a genetic component, and controversial new genetic technologies potentially have major consequences for social relations and self-identity. How do family members respond to the information that they have a genetically transmitted disease or condition? How do they communicate (or not communicate) about their shared heritage? How do... Read more
Chapter 1: Risky Relations and Other Complexities Chapter 2: Accomplishing Kinship Chapter 3: Routes and Journeys: Beliefs about Inheritance and Routes of Transmission Chapter 4: Mutual Surveillance Chapter 5: Practical Ethics and Disclosure Chapter 6: Family Narratives Chapter 7: Risky Relations Appendix: Summary of Conditions.
Biography
Katie Featherstone is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics, Cardiff University.Aditya Bharadwaj is a Research Associate in the Centre for Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics, Cardiff University.Angus Clarke is Professor and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University of Wales College of Medicine.Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University, and Associate Director of the ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics.
This book makes for a stimulating read, it is elegantly written, refreshingly jargon free and manages to make its undoubtedly complex subject matter very accessible to the reader. - Dr Nina Hallowell, Social Science & Medicine
