Breast Cancer Genes and the Gendering of Knowledge
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-9901-6 (ISBN)
SAHRA GIBBON is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Anthropology Department at University College London, UK. She has a longstanding interest in the social and cultural dimensions of developments in genomics and the dynamic interface between differently constituted sciences and publics. She teaches on a range of courses focussing on the anthropology of medicine, science and technology
Preface Introduction PART 1: CLINICAL BREAST CANCER GENETICS: PATIENTS, PRACTITIONERS AND PREDICTIVE MEDICINE The Enrolment of Patients: Visibility, Voice and Breast Cancer Activism Technologies of the Clinic; Tools, Tests and Explanatory Strategies Constructing Patienthood: The Care of Predictive Medicine and Female Nurturance Diviners and Pastoral Keepers: Working in Clinical Breast Cancer Genetics PART 2: A BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CHARITY: CHARITY, BREAST CANCER 'ACTIVISM' AND THE QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE The Alchemy of Loss and Hope: Fundraising as Memorialisation Between Geno-hype and Hope: Managing Science and Ethics in Post-genomic Spaces Lab Tours, Scientists and Making 'Monuments' for the Living Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.12.2006 |
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Zusatzinfo | IX, 221 p. |
Verlagsort | Gordonsville |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie |
Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie | |
Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4039-9901-5 / 1403999015 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4039-9901-6 / 9781403999016 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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