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
:
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025751260 | 304.5 P898G 2014 | 1 |