1st Edition
The Gene, the Clinic, and the Family Diagnosing Dysmorphology, Reviving Medical Dominance
Preface. Part I: Introduction and Background 1. Introduction 2. The Clinic as the Site of Science Part II: The Gene and Medicine 3. Medicalizing Science 4. The ‘Translation’ of Growth and Form 5. Shaping the Science of Growth and Form Part III: Visualizing the Clinic 6. Creating Clinical Pictures 7. Rebirthing the Clinic 8. Dysmorphology’s portraits Part IV: The Family and Identities 9. Genes, Bodies, Persons 10. ‘The Family’ and Medicine 11. Transforming Family Part V: Conclusions 12. Summary and Discussion
Biography
Joanna Latimer is Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, and Professor in the ESRC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics. She has been researching medical knowledge and practice ethnographically for 30 years. Professor Latimer is editor of Sociology of Health and Illness, a member of the board of The Sociological Review, and chair of the Cardiff Ageing, Science and Older People Network.
'Latimer’s book is a very timely and important contribution... proposing we should take greater care in understanding how the new genetics is changing the relationship between medicine and science, between medicine, science and society and between medicine, science, society and the individual.'— Janice McLaughlin, Newcastle University, Sociology of Health & Illness
