Narrating the New Predictive Genetics: Ethics, Ethnography and Science (Paperback)

Monica Konrad

ISBN 10: 0521540666 / ISBN 13: 9780521540667

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005

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Paperback. This book explores the way changes in technology have altered the relationship between ethics and medicine. For some inherited diseases, new genetic testing technologies may provide much more accurate diagnostic and predictive information which raises important questions about consent, confidentiality and use of the information by family members and other third parties. What are the implications of this knowledge for individuals and their families? And for society more widely? How should this new information be used? How do people deal with the choices that new knowledge and technologies offer? Drawing on extensive ethnographic research with families affected by Huntington's Disease, and using perspectives from medical and cultural anthropology, 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 and clinical services. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Narrating the New Predictive Genetics: Ethics, Ethnography and Science (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521540666
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521540667
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

Explores how new techniques in genetic testing have changed the relationship between ethics and medicine.

À propos de l?auteur

Monica Konrad is Fellow of Girton College and Research Associate at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Her recent publications address the relevance of contemporary anthropology for global governance in science, international bioethics, and interdisciplinary studies.