Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances: Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- x, 194 pg. ; 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.
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Genetic screening Community health services. Genetic Testing. Community Health Services. Eugenics. Genetic Counseling. Prenatal Diagnosis.