The Troubled Dream Of Genetic Medicine
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The Troubled Dream Of Genetic Medicine
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Author : Keith Wailoo
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2006-05-29
The Troubled Dream Of Genetic Medicine written by Keith Wailoo and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-29 with Medical categories.
Winner of the History of Science category of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards given by the Association of American Publishers Why do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, as they often do, to discussions of modern genetics? How do theories about genetic difference become entangled with political debates about cultural and group differences in America? Such issues are a conspicuous part of the histories of three hereditary diseases: Tay-Sachs, commonly identified with Jewish Americans; cystic fibrosis, often labeled a "Caucasian" disease; and sickle cell disease, widely associated with African Americans. In this captivating account, historians Keith Wailoo and Stephen Pemberton reveal how these diseases—fraught with ethnic and racial meanings for many Americans—became objects of biological fascination and crucibles of social debate. Peering behind the headlines of breakthrough treatments and coming cures, they tell a complex story: about different kinds of suffering and faith, about unequal access to the promises and perils of modern medicine, and about how Americans consume innovation and how they come to believe in, or resist, the notion of imminent medical breakthroughs. With Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease as a powerful backdrop, the authors provide a glimpse into a diverse America where racial ideologies, cultural politics, and conflicting beliefs about the power of genetics shape disparate health care expectations and experiences.
The Troubled Dream Of Genetic Medicine
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Author : Keith Wailoo
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 2006-04-20
The Troubled Dream Of Genetic Medicine written by Keith Wailoo and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-20 with Medical categories.
With Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease as a powerful backdrop, the authors provide a glimpse into a diverse America where racial ideologies, cultural politics, and conflicting beliefs about the power of genetics shape disparate health care expectations and experiences.
The Troubled Dream Of Genetic Medicine
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Author : Keith Wailoo
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2006-05-29
The Troubled Dream Of Genetic Medicine written by Keith Wailoo and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-29 with Medical categories.
Winner of the History of Science category of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards given by the Association of American Publishers Why do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, as they often do, to discussions of modern genetics? How do theories about genetic difference become entangled with political debates about cultural and group differences in America? Such issues are a conspicuous part of the histories of three hereditary diseases: Tay-Sachs, commonly identified with Jewish Americans; cystic fibrosis, often labeled a "Caucasian" disease; and sickle cell disease, widely associated with African Americans. In this captivating account, historians Keith Wailoo and Stephen Pemberton reveal how these diseases—fraught with ethnic and racial meanings for many Americans—became objects of biological fascination and crucibles of social debate. Peering behind the headlines of breakthrough treatments and coming cures, they tell a complex story: about different kinds of suffering and faith, about unequal access to the promises and perils of modern medicine, and about how Americans consume innovation and how they come to believe in, or resist, the notion of imminent medical breakthroughs. With Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease as a powerful backdrop, the authors provide a glimpse into a diverse America where racial ideologies, cultural politics, and conflicting beliefs about the power of genetics shape disparate health care expectations and experiences.
The Troubled Helix
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Author : Theresa Marteau
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996
The Troubled Helix written by Theresa Marteau and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Medical categories.
This wide ranging and compelling account surveys the exciting opportunities and difficult problems which arise from the new human genetics. The availability of increasingly sophisticated information on our genetic make-up presents individuals, and society as a whole, with difficult decisions. Although it is hoped that these advances will ultimately lead the way to the effective treatment and screening for all diseases with a genetic component, at present many individuals are 'condemned' to a life sentence, in the knowledge that they have or will develop an incurable genetic disease.
The New Genetic Medicine
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Author : Thomas Anthony Shannon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003
The New Genetic Medicine written by Thomas Anthony Shannon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biotechnology categories.
Since the 1970s, the interrelated areas of medical genetics and biotechnology have developed dramatically and afforded increased control over the design of living organisms. From the very beginning, controversies over these techniques and their applications to plants, animals, and humans have raged in many disciplines--including science, philosophy, ethics, and religion. This book brings together the seminal essays of two leading Catholic moral theologians--Thomas Shannon and James Walter--in an effort to identify the key ethical and theological questions raised by the new genetic medicine. What is unique about this book is that it specifically and directly brings modern genetics and the Roman Catholic theological and ethical tradition into dialogue. While the authors argue that the Catholic tradition has much to offer in putting this current scientific revolution into perspective, they well understand the need to avoid merely repeating the tradition in favor of bringing the best of the tradition to bear on the precise questions posed by modern genetic technology.
We Are All Mutants
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Author : John A. Osmundsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
We Are All Mutants written by John A. Osmundsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Genetic engineering categories.
Genetic Medicine
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Author : Karl H. Muench
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
Release Date : 1987-12-01
Genetic Medicine written by Karl H. Muench and has been published by McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-12-01 with Medical categories.
An Anthropology Of Biomedicine
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Author : Margaret Lock
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-04-26
An Anthropology Of Biomedicine written by Margaret Lock and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-26 with Social Science categories.
An Anthropology of Biomedicine is an exciting new introduction to biomedicine and its global implications. Focusing on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies bring about radical changes to societies at large, cultural anthropologist Margaret Lock and her co-author physician and medical anthropologist Vinh-Kim Nguyen develop and integrate the thesis that the human body in health and illness is the elusive product of nature and culture that refuses to be pinned down. Introduces biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics Develops and integrates an original theory: that the human body in health and illness is not an ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity Makes extensive use of historical and contemporary ethnographic materials around the globe to illustrate the importance of this methodological approach Integrates key new research data with more classical material, covering the management of epidemics, famines, fertility and birth, by military doctors from colonial times on Uses numerous case studies to illustrate concepts such as the global commodification of human bodies and body parts, modern forms of population, and the extension of biomedical technologies into domestic and intimate domains Winner of the 2010 Prose Award for Archaeology and Anthropology
An Anthropology Of Biomedicine
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Author : Margaret M. Lock
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2018-01-09
An Anthropology Of Biomedicine written by Margaret M. Lock and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-09 with Social Science categories.
In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies brings about radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the theory that the human body in health and illness is not an ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity. This second edition includes new chapters on: microbiology and the microbiome; global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system. In addition, all chapters have been comprehensively revised to take account of developments from within this fast-paced field, in the intervening years between publications. References and figures have also been updated throughout. This highly-regarded and award-winning textbook (Winner of the 2010 Prose Award for Archaeology and Anthropology) retains the character and features of the previous edition. Its coverage remains broad, including discussion of: biomedical technologies in practice; anthropologies of medicine; biology and human experiments; infertility and assisted reproduction; genomics, epigenomics, and uncertain futures; and molecularizing racial difference, ensuring it remains the essential text for students of anthropology, medical anthropology as well as public and global health.
Moments Of Truth In Genetic Medicine
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Author : M. Susan Lindee
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2008-10-15
Moments Of Truth In Genetic Medicine written by M. Susan Lindee and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-15 with Medical categories.
Medical genetics.