Handbook of genomics, health and society
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Handbook of genomics, health and society
（Routledge international handbooks）
Routledge, 2018
2nd ed
- : hbk
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Other editors: Barbara Prainsack, Stephen Hilgartner and Janelle Lamoreaux
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Completely revised handbook
Multidisciplinary approach to genetics and genomics
Includes material on gene editing and ethics and ethics of big data in gene mapping
Table of Contents
1 Introduction: Genomics, Health and Society. Section One: Genomic/DNA-based Technologies in the Clinic and Beyond, 2 Introduction, 3 Biomedicalisation in the Postgenomic Age, 4 Genomics and Big Data in Biomedicine, 5 Mainstreaming Genomics and Personal Genetic Testing, 6 Bringing Genetics into the Clinic: The Evolution of Genetic Testing and Counselling, 7 From Quality Control to Informed Choice: Understanding "Good Births" and Prenatal Genetic Testing in Contemporary Urban China. Section Two: Genomic Technologies in the Bioeconomy 8 Introduction, 9 Limits to Biocapital, 10 Gendered Bioeconomies, 11 Genomic Hope: Promise in the Bioeconomy, 12 Neoliberalism on Drugs: Genomics and the Political Economy of Medicine, 13 The Value of the Imagined Biological in Policy and Society: Somaticizing and Economising British Subject(ivitie)s, 14 Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Section Three: Current Challenges in the Governance of Medical Genomics, 15 Introduction, 16 The Human Genome Project and the Legacy of its Ethics Programs, 17 Patenting, 18 Genomic Platforms and Clinical Research, 19 Diagnostics, 20 Collection and Protection of Personal Health Data, 21 In CRISPR's World: Genome Editing and the Politics of Global Science. Section Four: Diversity and Justice, 22 Introduction, 23 Disability and the Challenge of Genomics, 24 Eugenics and Enhancement in Contemporary Genomics, 25 Genomics and Insurance, 26 Power Asymmetries, Participation, and the Idea of Personalised Medicine, 27 Excavating Difference: Race in Genomic Medicine, 28 Genomics in Emerging and Developing Economies. Section Five: Crossing Boundaries, 29 Introduction, 30 Epigenetics, 31 Environmental Epigenetics and Suicide Risk at a Molecular Scale, 32 Stem Cells, Global Cells, Local Cultures, 33 Co-producing Animal Models and Genetic Science, 34 Making Microbiomes, 35 Behavior Genetics: Boundary Crossings and Epistemic Cultures, 36 Synthetic Biology
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