Book by Finkler Kaja
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"Based on a broad range of primary and secondary data, [Finkler] has produced a nuanced and sophisticated analysis that illuminates the way scientific knowledge affects both the individual and society. While the book will probably be of greatest interest to social scientists, it should be a 'must read' for health professionals. After all, as she argues, 'Every time doctors take a family history, they reinforce the notion that there is an association between kinship and health,' an association that at best may comfort the individual but at worst 'forebodes a return to the era of eugenics.'"-Journal of the American Medical Association "A thoughtful work of interest to lay folk and students as well as a variety of specialists in the social sciences and medical professions."-Choice
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 hum
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Librería: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized. Nº de ref. del artículo: M0812217209Z3
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Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. 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 under the spotlight.In Experiencing the New Genetics, Kaja Finkler argues that the often uncritical presentation of research on genetic inheritance as well as the attitudes of some in the biomedical establishment contribute to a "genetic essentialism," a new genetic determinism, and the medicalization of kinship in American society. She explores some of the social and cultural consequences of this phenomenon. Finkler discovers that the new genetics can turn a healthy person into a perpetual patient, complicate the redefinition of the family that has been occurring in American society for the past few decades, and lead to the abdication of responsibility for addressing the problem of unhealthy environmental conditions. Experiencing the New Genetics will assist scholars and general readers alike in making sense of this timely and multifaceted issue. Nº de ref. del artículo: SONG0812217209
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Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9232700
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