2nd Edition
Routledge Handbook of Genomics, Health and Society
1 Introduction: Genomics, Health and Society. Section One: Genomic/DNA-based Technologies in the Clinic and Beyond, 2 Introduction, 3 Biomedicalisation in the Postgenomic Age, 4 Genomics and Big Data in Biomedicine, 5 Mainstreaming Genomics and Personal Genetic Testing, 6 Bringing Genetics into the Clinic: The Evolution of Genetic Testing and Counselling, 7 From Quality Control to Informed Choice: Understanding "Good Births" and Prenatal Genetic Testing in Contemporary Urban China. Section Two: Genomic Technologies in the Bioeconomy 8 Introduction, 9 Limits to Biocapital, 10 Gendered Bioeconomies, 11 Genomic Hope: Promise in the Bioeconomy, 12 Neoliberalism on Drugs: Genomics and the Political Economy of Medicine, 13 The Value of the Imagined Biological in Policy and Society: Somaticizing and Economising British Subject(ivitie)s, 14 Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Section Three: Current Challenges in the Governance of Medical Genomics, 15 Introduction, 16 The Human Genome Project and the Legacy of its Ethics Programs, 17 Patenting, 18 Genomic Platforms and Clinical Research, 19 Diagnostics, 20 Collection and Protection of Personal Health Data, 21 In CRISPR’s World: Genome Editing and the Politics of Global Science. Section Four: Diversity and Justice, 22 Introduction, 23 Disability and the Challenge of Genomics, 24 Eugenics and Enhancement in Contemporary Genomics, 25 Genomics and Insurance, 26 Power Asymmetries, Participation, and the Idea of Personalised Medicine, 27 Excavating Difference: Race in Genomic Medicine, 28 Genomics in Emerging and Developing Economies. Section Five: Crossing Boundaries, 29 Introduction, 30 Epigenetics, 31 Environmental Epigenetics and Suicide Risk at a Molecular Scale, 32 Stem Cells, Global Cells, Local Cultures, 33 Co-producing Animal Models and Genetic Science, 34 Making Microbiomes, 35 Behavior Genetics: Boundary Crossings and Epistemic Cultures, 36 Synthetic Biology
Biography
Sahra Gibbon is Reader in Medical Anthropology in the Anthropology Department at University College London, UK.
Barbara Prainsack is a Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna, Austria, and at the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at King’s College London, UK.
Stephen Hilgartner is Professor of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University, USA.
Janelle Lamoreaux is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of Arizona, USA.
