Experiencing the New Genetics : : Family and Kinship on the Medical Frontier /

Experiencing the New Genetics : : Family and Kinship on the Medical Frontier / / Kaja Finkler.

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Over the past several decades there has been an explosion of interest in genetics and genetic inheritance within both the research community and the mass media. The science of genetics now forecasts great advances in alleviating disease and prolonging human life, placing the family and kin group und...

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Finkler, Kaja,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]
©2000
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Setting the Stage: Kinship and Genetics
  • Chapter 2. The Role of Kinship in Human Life
  • Chapter 3. Family and Kinship in American Society
  • Chapter 4. Concepts of Heredity in Western Society
  • Part II. Setting Out People's Experience
  • Chapter 5. People with a Genetic History I
  • Chapter 6. People with a Genetic History II
  • Chapter 7. People Without a Medical History
  • Part III. Implications
  • Chapter 8. The Ideology of Genetic Inheritance in Contemporary Life
  • Chapter 9. A Multidimensional Critique of Genetic Determinism
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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