Experiencing the New Genetics : Family and Kinship on the Medical Frontier.
Finkler, Kaja.
Experiencing the New Genetics : Family and Kinship on the Medical Frontier. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (292 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Setting the Stage: Kinship and Genetics -- 2. The Role of Kinship in Human Life -- 3. Family and Kinship in American Society -- 4. Concepts of Heredity in Western Society -- Part II. Setting Out People's Experience -- 5. People with a Genetic History I: Patients Without Symptoms -- 6. People with a Genetic History II: Recovered Patients -- 7. People Without a Medical History: Adoptees -- Part III. Implications -- 8. The Ideology of Genetic Inheritance in Contemporary Life: The Medicalization of Kinship -- 9. A Multidimensional Critique of Genetic Determinism -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Experiencing the New Genetics will lead scholars and general readers alike to question how far genetic inheritance affects our selves and our future.
9780812200607
Families.
Heredity, Human-Social aspects.
Kinship.
Medical genetics-Social aspects.
Families-United States.
Electronic books.
GN480.2 -- .F56 2000eb
306.4/61
Experiencing the New Genetics : Family and Kinship on the Medical Frontier. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (292 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Setting the Stage: Kinship and Genetics -- 2. The Role of Kinship in Human Life -- 3. Family and Kinship in American Society -- 4. Concepts of Heredity in Western Society -- Part II. Setting Out People's Experience -- 5. People with a Genetic History I: Patients Without Symptoms -- 6. People with a Genetic History II: Recovered Patients -- 7. People Without a Medical History: Adoptees -- Part III. Implications -- 8. The Ideology of Genetic Inheritance in Contemporary Life: The Medicalization of Kinship -- 9. A Multidimensional Critique of Genetic Determinism -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Experiencing the New Genetics will lead scholars and general readers alike to question how far genetic inheritance affects our selves and our future.
9780812200607
Families.
Heredity, Human-Social aspects.
Kinship.
Medical genetics-Social aspects.
Families-United States.
Electronic books.
GN480.2 -- .F56 2000eb
306.4/61