The Handbook of Genetics & Society: Mapping the New Genomic Era

by Atkinson; Paul

• ISBN13: 9780415410809
• ISBN10: 0415410800
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Cardiff Univ., Wales, U.K. Discusses social, political, ethical and economic consequences and implications of biosciences. Topics include biomedical applications of new genetic technologies, representation of genomics, bioethics and genetics, and diversity and justice. For researchers and policy makers. eBook ISBN, 9780203927380.

Table of Contents

Genetics and Society: Perspectives from the Twenty-first Century

Biomedical Applications of New Genetic Technologies

Introduction

Biomedicalising Genetic Health, Diseases and Identities

Stem Cells, Translational Research and the Sociology of Science

Reproductive Genetics: From Choice to Ambivalence and Back Again

Localizing Genetic Testing and Screening in Cyprus and Germany: Contingencies, Continuities, Ordering Effects and Bio-cultural Intimacy

Nutrigenomics

Commercialisation Genomes and Markets

Introduction

Making Europe Unsafe for Agbiotech

Genetic Information and Insurance Underwriting: Contemporary Issues and Approaches in the Global Economy

On a Critical Path: Genomics, the Crisis of Pharmaceutical Productivity and the Search for Sustainability

States, Markets and Networks in Bioeconomy Knowledge Value Chains

Representations of Genomics

Introduction

Stakeholder Representations in Genomics

Human Genetics and Cloning in the Media: Mapping the Research Field

Cultural Imaginaries and Laboratories of the Real: Representing the Genetic Sciences

Genes In Our kNot

Regulation Expressing the Gene: the Discursive and Institutional Regulation of Genetics

Introduction

Law and Regulation

Forensic DNA Databases and Biolegality: The Co-Production of Law, Surveillance Technology and Suspect Bodies

Bio-Banks and the Challenges of Governance, Legitimacy and Benefit

Bioethics and Genetics

Introduction

Rethinking Privacy in the Genetics Age

Bioethics and Human Genetic Engineering

Towards a Bioethics of Disability and Impairment

Ethical Perspectives on Animal Biotechnology

Diversity and Justice

Introduction

Religion and Nationhood: Collective Identities and the New Genetics

Extravagance or the Good and the Bad of Genetic Diversity

Eugenics

Human Dignity and Biotechnology Polic?

Introduction

Centralising Labels to Distribute Data: The Regulatory Role of Genomic Consortia

Innovative Genetic Technologies, Governance and Social Accountability

Genomic Platforms and Hybrid Formations

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