Genetics as social practice : transdisciplinary views on science and culture
by
 
Prainsack, Barbara, editor.

Title
Genetics as social practice : transdisciplinary views on science and culture

Author
Prainsack, Barbara, editor.

ISBN
9781409455486
 
9781409455493
 
9781472407184

Physical Description
xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series
Theory, technology and society
 
Theory, technology and society.

Contents
Geneticising Life: A Collective Endeavour and its Challenges / CREATING IDENTITIES -- Will Personal Genomic Information Transform One's Self? / The Changing Self: Philosophical Concepts of Self and Personal Identity in a Post-clinical Age of Genetics / Ancestry Testing and DNA: Uses, Limits -- and Caveat Emptor / GEN-BOOK Stories: Artistic Explorations of Genealogy and Identity / SHARING KNOWLEDGE -- The Latent Figure Protocol -- A Photo-essay / Consequences of Sequences, Codes and Messages: Artistic and Scientific Readings of Chromosomes in an Era of Consumerism / The Ethics of Patenting in Genetics: A Second Enclosure of the Commons? / PARTICIPATING IN THE SOCIAL LABORATORY -- Understanding Participation: The 'Citizen Science' of Genetics / LabouringMe, LabouringUs / Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes toward Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases / Genetic Responsibility Revisited: Moral and Cultural Implications of Genetic Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease

Subject Term
Genetics -- Social aspects.
 
Genomics -- Social aspects.
 
Sociobiology.
 
Science and civilization.
 
Genetic Techniques -- ethics.
 
Genetics -- ethics.
 
Genomics -- ethics.
 
Social Change.
 
Social Marketing.

Added Author
Prainsack, Barbara,
 
Schicktanz, Silke,
 
Werner-Felmayer, Gabriele,

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=026919422&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA


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