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Atikinson,Paul

Handbook of Genetics and Society/ - London: Routledge, 2009. - 539p.

Part 1: Biomedical Applications of New Genetic Technologies

1. Introduction, Susan Kelly

2. Biomedicalising Genetic Health, Diseases and Identities, Adele E. Clarke, Janet Shim, Sara Shostak, and Alondra Nelson

3. Stem Cells, Translational Research and the Sociology of Science, Steve Wainwright, Clare Williams, Mike Michael and Alan Cribb

4. Reproductive Genetics: From Choice to Ambivalence and Back Again, AnneKerr

5. Localizing Genetic Testing and Screening in Cyprus and Germany: Contingencies, Continuities, Ordering Effects and Bio-cultural Intimacy, Stefan Beck and Joerg Niewoehner 6. Nutrigenomics, Ruth Chadwick

Part 2: Commercialisation Genomes and Markets

7. Introduction, Paul Atkinson 8. Making Europe Unsafe for Agbiotech, Les Levidow

9. Genetic Information and Insurance Underwriting: Contemporary Issues and Approaches in the Global Economy, Mark A. Rothstein J.D.and Yann Joly

10. On a Critical Path: Genomics, the Crisis of Pharmaceutical Productivity and the Search for Sustainability, Paul Martin, Michael Hopkins, Paul Nightingale and Alison Kraft

11. States, Markets and Networks in Bioeconomy Knowledge Value Chains, Phil Cooke

Part 3: Representations of Genomics

2. Introduction, Maureen McNeil

13. Stakeholder Representations in Genomics, Edna Einsiedel

14. Human Genetics and Cloning in the Media: Mapping the Research Field, Joan Haran and Jenny Kitzinger

15. Cultural Imaginaries and Laboratories of the Real: Representing the Genetic Sciences, Suzanne Anker 16. Genes In Our kNot, Mike Fortun

Part 4: Regulation: Expressing the Gene

17. Introduction, Andrew Webster

18. Law and Regulation, Sheila McLean

19. Forensic DNA Databases and Biolegality: The Co-Production of Law, Surveillance Technology and Suspect Bodies, Mike Lynch, and Ruth McNally

20. Bio-Banks and the Challenges of Governance, Legitimacy and Benefit, Oonagh Corrigan, and Richard Tutton Part 5: Bioethics and Genetics

21. Introduction, Ruth Chadwick

22. Rethinking Privacy in the Genetics Age, David Wiesbrot

23. Bioethics and Human Genetic Engineering, John Evans and Cynthia Schairer

24. Towards a Bioethics of Disability and Impairment, Jackie Leach Scully

25. Ethical Perspectives on Animal Biotechnology, Mickey Gjerris, Anna Olsson, Jesper Lassen, Peter Sandoe

Part 6: Diversity and Justice 26. Introduction, Barbara Katz Rothman

27. Religion and Nationhood: Collective Identities and the New Genetics, Barbara Prainsack and Yael Hashiloni-Dolev

28. Extravagance or the Good and the Bad of Genetic Diversity, Amade M'charek

29. Eugenics, Lene Koch

30. Human Dignity and Biotechnology Policy, Timothy Caulfield and Ubaka Ogbogu Part7: New Forms of Knowledge Production

31. Introduction, Alberto Cambrosio

32. Centralising Labels to Distribute Data: The Regulatory Role of Genomic Consortia, Sabina Leonelli

33. Innovative Genetic Technologies, Governance and Social Accountability, Andrew Webster

34. Genomic Platforms and Hybrid Formations, Alberto Cambrosio, Peter Keating, Pascalle Bourret, Phillipe Mustar, Susan Rogers

ISBN: 9780415633093

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Genomics--Social aspects

Dewey Class. No.: 303.483 / ATI/H