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.