Risky relations
Subtitle: family, kinship and the new genetics
By: Katie Featherstone ... [et al.].
Contributors: Featherstone, Katie.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Berg; Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781845201784; 9781845201791
Subjects: Communication in the family; Family -- Health and hygiene; Genetic disorders -- Psychological aspects
Description: "Richly illustrated with the real experiences of individuals and families, Risky Relations is essential reading for anthropologists and sociologists of health and medicine, specialists in family and kinship, and health professionals concerned with the treatment and counselling of clients with genetic conditions. The lived impact of genetic technology on understanding with families with genetic conditions has never been systematically explored. This book fills a major gap by placing ethical, medical and social debates surrounding this charged issue firmly in context."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Risky relations and other complexities; title: Accomplishing kinship; title: Routes and journeys : beliefs about inheritance and routes of transmission; title: Mutual surveillance; title: Practical ethics and disclosure; title: Family narratives; title: Risky relations.