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Building genetic medicine : breast cancer, technology, and the comparative politics of health care / Shobita Parthasarathy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parthasarathy, Shobita, author.
- Series:
- Inside technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- BRCA genes--Diagnostic use--United States.
- BRCA genes.
- BRCA genes--Diagnostic use--Great Britain.
- Genetic screening--Social aspects--United States.
- Genetic screening.
- Genetic screening--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis--Social aspects--United States.
- Breast.
- Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- x, 271 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comparative study of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer in the United States and Britain that shows the importance of national context in the development and use of science and technology even in an era of globalization.
- Contents:
- Toolkits for genetic testing
- Comparative architectures of genetic testing
- Eliminating the competition and ensuring success
- Defining a good health outcome
- Myriad, Britain, and culture clash.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-262) and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612100444
- 9781282100442
- 1282100440
- 9780262281287
- 0262281287
- 9781429460941
- 1429460946
- OCLC:
- 86073959
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