Biomedical ambiguity
Subtitle: race, asthma, and the contested meaning of genetic research in the Caribbean
By: Ian Whitmarsh.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780801446863; 9780801474415
Subjects: Asthma -- Social aspects -- Barbados; Asthma -- Barbados -- Genetic aspects; Health and race -- Barbados; Blacks -- Health and hygiene -- Barbados; Genetics -- Research -- Social aspects -- Barbados; Medical anthropology -- Barbados
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : vernaculars in race and disease science; title: Contestations of race; title: The nation as biomedical site; title: Asthma variations; title: (Re)categorizing asthma and the rational pharmaceutical; title: Biomedical partnerships : making genetics significant; title: Misgivings in medical participation; title: Participant mothers; title: Home visit translations; title: Biomedical and anthropological excesses.