Breast Cancer Genes and the Gendering of Knowledge: Science and Citizenship in the Cultural Context of the 'new' Genetics - Couverture souple

Gibbon, Sahra

 
9781349547548: Breast Cancer Genes and the Gendering of Knowledge: Science and Citizenship in the Cultural Context of the 'new' Genetics

Synopsis

The book examines the social and cultural context of new genetic knowledge associated with breast cancer. It looks at how this knowledge and technologies are used and received in two contrasting social arenas - cancer genetic clinics and a breast cancer research charity.

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À propos de l'auteur

SAHRA GIBBON is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Anthropology Department at University College London, UK. She has a longstanding interest in the social and cultural dimensions of developments in genomics and the dynamic interface between differently constituted sciences and publics. She teaches on a range of courses focussing on the anthropology of medicine, science and technology

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9781403999016: Breast Cancer Genes And the Gendering of Knowledge: Science and Citizenship in the Cultural Context of the 'new' Genetics

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1403999015 ISBN 13 :  9781403999016
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
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