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9780415496186

Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances: Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415496186

  • ISBN10:

    0415496187

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-09-29
  • Publisher: Routledge

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The social and bioethical aspects of carrier testing and its assimilation by specific groups are examined through several qualitative case studies in traditional (religious, ethnic) as well as modern (secular-consumerist) communities in Israel and the U.S. Comparing the views of community members and health professionals, the analysis offers a new look on the relations between eugenics and "genetic responsibility."

Table of Contents

Introduction: Carrier Testing, Eugenics, and Networks of Risk
What is Community Genetics? Definitions and Debates
Carrier Matching and Collective Socialisation: Dor Yeshorim and the Reinforcement of Stigma
Reproductive Carrier Testing between Orthodoxy and Change
The Medicalisation of Cousin Marriage: Carrier Testing in a Muslim Community
Genetic Alliances: The Dilemma of Screening and Treating
Scientific, Communal and Lay Interpretations and Communicative Gaps Regarding Carrier Testing Conclusion: Prospects and Perils in Community Genetics
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