{"product_id":"genetic-governance-robin-bunton-9780415354073","title":"Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era","description":"\u003cp\u003eEthical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information available, challenge our understandings of ourselves, our health and wellbeing, and the role of medical ethics, public health, surveillance and risk. However there has been little reflection on the socio-political effects of this new genetic knowledge and the changes in practice that are currently impacting on our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContaining contributions from key international researchers, this book examines the broader issues of genetic debates and looks at how prediction and risk assessment is being changed in the arenas of health, medicine and reproduction, bringing new insight on the dangers of surveillance, regulation and increased inequality. Developed out of the Taylor and Francis journal \u003cem\u003eCritical Public Health, \u003c\/em\u003e the book considers the implications of developments in genetics for contemporary liberal governance, as well as for the future of healthcare and public health. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Bunton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415354072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415354073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Robin Bunton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136076984575,"sku":"9780415354073","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b159f963-0601-46d4-a46a-28533e4eddda.jpg?v=1770160357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/genetic-governance-robin-bunton-9780415354073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}