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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452841303321

Autore

Lemke Thomas.

Titolo

Perspectives on genetic discrimination / / Thomas Lemke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-52611-2

1-299-48284-8

1-134-05691-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 100

Disciplina

616/.042

Soggetti

Genetic screening - Social aspects

Discrimination

Genetic screening - Moral and ethical aspects

Human genetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published as Die Polizei der Gene. Formen und Felder genetischer Diskriminierung, by Campus Verlag (2006).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Disease as error : foundations and limits of molecular medicine -- Genetic discrimination : empirical evidence and regulatory responses -- Empirical deficits and normative contradictions : problems in the analysis of genetic discrimination -- "A slap in the face" : an exploratory study of genetic discrimination in Germany -- The regime of truth and dimensions of genetic responsibility -- Conclusion : pitfalls of criticism.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past 15 years, a series of empirical studies in different countries have shown that our increasing genetic knowledge leads to new forms of exclusion, disadvantaging and stigmatization. The spectrum of this ""genetic discrimination"" ranges from disadvantages at work, via problems with insurance policies, to difficulties with adoption agencies. The empirical studies on the problem of genetic discrimination have not gone unnoticed. Since the beginning of the 1990s, a series of legislative initiatives and statements, both on the national level and on the part of international a