Negotiating Risk
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Negotiating Risk

British Pakistani Experiences of Genetics

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Negotiating Risk

British Pakistani Experiences of Genetics

About this book

Drawing on fieldwork with British Pakistani clients of a UK genetics service, this book explores the personal and social implications of a 'genetic diagnosis'. Through case material and comparative discussion, the book identifies practical ethical dilemmas raised by new genetic knowledge and shows how, while being shaped by culture, these issues also cross-cut differences of culture, religion and ethnicity. The book also demonstrates how identifying a population-level elevated 'risk' of genetic disorders in an ethnic minority population can reinforce existing social divisions and cultural stereotypes. The book addresses questions about the relationship between genetic risk and clinical practice that will be relevant to health workers and policy makers.

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Information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781845455484
eBook ISBN
9781845458874
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Policy
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title page-Negotiating Risk
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1-Medical and Public Perceptions of Consanguineoud Marriage and Genetic Risk
  7. Chapter 2-Close Kin Marriages: Some Anthropological Theory and European History
  8. Chapter 3-British Pakistani Cousin Marriages: Balancing Marital Risks
  9. Chapter 4-Medical Surveillance and Diagnostic Uncertainty
  10. Chapter 5-Responding to Reproductive Risk
  11. Chapter 6-Foretelling and Managing Infant Death
  12. Chapter 7-Genetic Screening and the Extended Family
  13. Chapter 8-Genetic Risk in Context
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index