Community genetics and genetic alliances : eugenics, carrier testing and networks of risk /
Raz, Aviad E. , 1968-
Community genetics and genetic alliances : eugenics, carrier testing and networks of risk / Aviad E. Raz. - london : Routledge , 2010. - x, 194 p. ; 24 cm. - Genetics and society. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: carrier testing, eugenics and networks of risk -- What is community genetics? Definitions and debates -- Carrier matching and collective socialisation : Dor Yesharim and the reinforcement of stigma -- Reproductive carrier testing between orthodoxy and change -- The medicalisation of cousin marriage : carrier testing in a Muslim community -- Genetic alliances : the dilemma of care and prevention -- Scientific, communal, and lay interpretations of carrier testing -- Conclusion: in search of regulatory and moral models.
9780415496186
2009004007
Community health services.
Genetics.
Community genetics and genetic alliances : eugenics, carrier testing and networks of risk / Aviad E. Raz. - london : Routledge , 2010. - x, 194 p. ; 24 cm. - Genetics and society. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: carrier testing, eugenics and networks of risk -- What is community genetics? Definitions and debates -- Carrier matching and collective socialisation : Dor Yesharim and the reinforcement of stigma -- Reproductive carrier testing between orthodoxy and change -- The medicalisation of cousin marriage : carrier testing in a Muslim community -- Genetic alliances : the dilemma of care and prevention -- Scientific, communal, and lay interpretations of carrier testing -- Conclusion: in search of regulatory and moral models.
9780415496186
2009004007
Community health services.
Genetics.