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Record Nr.

UNINA9910585956003321

Autore

Postan Emily <1973->

Titolo

Embodied narratives : protecting identity interests through ethical governance of bioinformation / / Emily Postan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge University Press, 2022

Cambridge ; ; New York, NY : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2022

ISBN

1-108-59993-1

1-108-68299-5

1-108-65259-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge bioethics and law

Classificazione

LAW093000

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Medical records - Access control - Psychological aspects

Personal information management - Psychological aspects

Patients - Psychology

Identity (Psychology)

Data privacy

Medical records - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Open Access.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2022).

Nota di contenuto

Attending to identity -- Mapping the landscape -- Narrative self-constitution -- Bioinformation in embodied identity narratives -- Encounters with bioinformation : three examples -- Locating identity interests -- Responsibilities for disclosure -- Identity in the governance landscape.

Sommario/riassunto

Increasing quantities of information about our health, bodies, and biological relationships are being generated by health technologies, research, and surveillance. This escalation presents challenges to us all when it comes to deciding how to manage this information and what should be disclosed to the very people it describes. This book establishes the ethical imperative to take seriously the potential impacts on our identities of encountering bioinformation about ourselves. Emily Postan argues that identity interests in accessing



personal bioinformation are currently under-protected in law and often linked to problematic bio-essentialist assumptions. Drawing on a picture of identity constructed through embodied self-narratives, and examples of people's encounters with diverse kinds of information, Postan addresses these gaps. This book provides a robust account of the source, scope, and ethical significance of our identity-related interests in accessing - and not accessing - bioinformation about ourselves, and the need for disclosure practices to respond appropriately. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.