Narrating the New Predictive Genetics: Ethics, Ethnography and Science (Cambridge Studies in Society and the Life Sciences) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Narrating the New Predictive Genetics: Ethics, Ethnography and Science (Cambridge Studies in Society and the Life Sciences) Book

This book explores the way changes in technology, especially new techniques in genetic testing, have changed the relationship between ethics and medicine, generating new approaches to ethical issues and the implications of medical practice. Drawing on extensive et hnographic research with families affected by Huntington's Disease the author explores the huge disparity between the experience of living with the results of genetic testing and the knowledge and expertise which are drawn on to develop policy, clinical services and support and to frame the public debates around genetic testing and genetic medicine.Read More

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    This work explores the way changes in technology have affected the relationship between ethics and medicine, generating new approaches to ethical issues and the implications of medical practice. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research with families affected by Huntington's Disease, Monica Konrad explores the huge disparity between the experience of living with the results of genetic testing and the knowledge and expertise to develop policy, clinical services and support.

  • 0521540666
  • 9780521540667
  • Monica Konrad
  • 17 February 2005
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 216
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