Frameworks of choice [[electronic resource] ] : predictive & genetic testing in Asia / / edited by Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner
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| Titolo: |
Frameworks of choice [[electronic resource] ] : predictive & genetic testing in Asia / / edited by Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.042 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human chromosome abnormalities - Diagnosis |
| Soggetto geografico: | Asia Social conditions |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
Sleeboom-FaulknerMargaret
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-255) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1. Frameworks of Choice; 2. A 'Therapeutic Gap'; 3. Private and Public Eugenics; 4. Population Genetic Screening for Sickle Cell Anaemia among the Rural and Tribal Communities in India; 5. Predictive Genetic Testing in India; 6. How Japanese Women Describe Their Experiences of Prenatal Testing; 7. Cultural Notions of Disability in Japan: Their Influence on Prenatal Testing; 8. Genetic Tests and Insurance in Japan: The Case for a Regulatory Framework; 9. Genetic Testing for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in China: Vulnerabilities among Chinese Families |
| 10. Ramification of Choice?11. Genetic Testing and Diet related Disease in Asia: Preventing Diseases or Misleading Marketing?; 12. The Asian Genome: Racing in an Age of Pharmacogenomics; 13. Discussion: Predictive and Genetic Testing in Asian and International Contexts; Contributors; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Frameworks of Choice verkent de culturele en politieke aspecten van voorspellende en genetische tests. Het boek analyseert de sociale, culturele, en economische gevolgen voor het individu na een voorspellende of genetische screening. Margaret Sleeboom-Fau |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Frameworks of choice |
| ISBN: | 1-282-63413-5 |
| 9786612634130 | |
| 90-485-1117-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458384103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
IIAS publications series. . -Edited volumes ; ; 3.