Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
Breast Cancer Gene Research and Medical Practices: Transnational Perspectives in the Time of Brca (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415824064)
Vendor:
Sahra Gibbon
Product type:
Books
- $225.00
$225.00- $225.00
- Unit price
- per
Subtotal:
$225.00
Description
xThe discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high risk of developing breast cancer in the UK, US and Europe.
The book provides a coherent structure for examining the diversity of practices and discourses that surround developments linked to BRCA genetics, and to the evolving field of genetics more broadly. It will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, history of science, STS, public health and bioethics.
Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.
Author: Sahra Gibbon
ISBN-10: 0415824060
ISBN-13: 9780415824064
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2014
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.80d
By Sahra Gibbon
xSahra Gibbon is a Lecturer in the Anthropology Department at University College London, UK.
Galen Joseph is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
Jessica Mozersky is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Andrea zur Nieden is a sociologist and a Research Assistant at the Institute for the History of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sonja Palfner is a social scientist contributing to the field of science and technology studies.
Recently Viewed Products
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.