The practices of human genetics / edited by Michael Fortun and Everett Mendelsohn.
The practices of human genetics / edited by Michael Fortun and Everett Mendelsohn.
The practices of human genetics / edited by Michael Fortun and Everett Mendelsohn.
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Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N616.042/29
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English
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xiv, 216 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Modern Biological Determinism: The Violence Initiative, The Human Genome Project, and the New Eugenics / Garland E. Allen -- Projecting Speed Genomics / Michael Fortun -- The Practices of Producing Meaning in Bioinformatics / Joan H. Fujimura -- Circulating Mice and Viruses: The Jackson Memorial Lab...
From Butterflies to Blood: Human Genetics in the United Kingdom / Doris T. Zallen.
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Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
The remarkably rapid growth of knowledge and practice in human and medical genetics raises significant questions about the social and ethical readiness of scientists, physicians, and others to make appropriate decisions concerning the utilization of this new genetic knowledge and technique. The continuing "temptation" to engage in eugenic practices...
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The practices of human genetics / edited by Michael Fortun and Everett Mendelsohn.
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Sociology of the sciences ; v. 21.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N616.042/29
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74VvELaqzAwX
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0792353331 (hbk.)
9780792353331 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0792353331 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780792353331 (hbk.)
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616.042
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991011657569702626
