Culture, Kinship and Genes Towards Cross-Cultural Genetics
Description
The first comprehensive attempt to explore the issues raised by genetic counselling across cultures. It will be of interest to health professionals and to students and lecturers in the social, behavioural and political sciences and in genetics, medicine and nursing. The meaning and relevance of kinship and ethnicity in the context of genetic disease, cultural issues that have arisen in practice, including the influence of the lay public's beliefs about inheritance and the wider social and political context of genetics and genetic disease are all explored in depth.
Keywords
Sports & RecreationSociology of SportsSocial ScienceSociologyMarriage & FamilyAnthropologyMedicalGeneticsCultural & Social
1997Book
Author(s)Angus Clarke
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333647028
LanguageEnglish
