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Dangerous diagnostics : the social power of biological information : with a new preface / Dorothy Nelkin, Laurence Tancredi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelkin, Dorothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical screening--Social aspects.
- Medical screening.
- Human chromosome abnormalities--Diagnosis--Social aspects.
- Human chromosome abnormalities.
- Neuropsychological tests--Social aspects.
- Neuropsychological tests.
- Human chromosome abnormalities--Diagnosis.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 207 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1994]
- Summary:
- "Dangerous Diagnostics is a powerful study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize, and ultimately control individuals. Nelkin and Tancredi explore the ethical, social, and legal implications of cutting-edge technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination in the name of standardized, objective measurements. They caution against the creation of an underclass deemed unemployable, untrainable, or uninsurable by such diagnostic tests.
- Notes:
- Previously published: New York : Basic Books, 1989.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226571297
- OCLC:
- 28800905
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