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

by Atkinson, Paul; Glasner, Peter; Lock, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780203927380
• ISBN10: 0203927389
• Copyright: 2009-07-02
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

An authoritative handbook offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary international social science research on genetics, genomics and the new life sciences, this handbook brings together leading scholars to provide expertise across a wide ranging spectrum of research fields related to the production, use, commodification and regulation of genetic knowledge. It features sections on biomedicine, commodification, representations, regulation, bioethics, laboratories and diversity and justice.

Table of Contents

General Introduction Section 1: Biomedical applications of new genetic technologies Introduction 1. The Biomedicalisation of health and identity 2. Cloning, tissue engineering and enhancement 3. Reproductive Genetics, Diagnosis, Therapy, Risk 4. From Local Biologies to Biosocial Assemblages - Translating Genetics Testing and Screening 5. Nutrigenomics Section 2: Commercialisation Introduction 6. Making Europe Unsafe for Agbiotech 7. Insurance, property and privacy 8. On a critical Path: genomics, the crisis of pharmaceutical productivity and the search for sustainability 9. Technology transfer Section 3: Representations Introduction 10. Stakeholder representations and rhetorics 11. Media representations and Genomics 12. Cultural Imaginaries and Laboratories of the Real: Representing the Genetic Sciences 13. Genes In Our kNot Section 4: Regulation Introduction 14. Law and regulation 15. Crime and Forensics 16. Biopolitics, Government and Health; Regulating Contemporary Populations 17. Bio-Banking Section 5: BioEthics Introduction 18. Rethinking Privacy in the Genetics Age 19. Bioethics and Human Genetic Engineering 20. Ethical Perspectives on Animal Biotechnology 21. Towards a Bioethics of Disability and Impairment Section 6: Diversity and Justice Introduction 22. Faithful Genes: Nationhood, Religion, Ethics and the New Biosciences 23. Human Diversity 24. Eugenics 25. Human Dignity and Biotechnology Policy Section 7: New forms of knowledge production Introduction 26. Knowledge Economy and Bio-sciences 27. Innovative Genetic Technologies 28. Genomic platforms and hybrid formations