Negotiating risk : British Pakistani experiences of genetics / Alison Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Alison, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical genetics--Great Britain.

Medical genetics.

Consanguinity--Great Britain.

Consanguinity.

Pakistanis--Great Britain.

Pakistanis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on fieldwork with British Pakistani clients of a UK genetics service, this book explores the personal and social implications of a 'genetic diagnosis'. Through case material and comparative discussion, the book identifies practical ethical dilemmas raised by new genetic knowledge and shows how, while being shaped by culture, these issues also cross-cut differences of culture, religion and ethnicity. The book also demonstrates how identifying a population-level elevated 'risk' of genetic disorders in an ethnic minority population can reinforce existing social divisions and cultural ster

Contents:

Medical and public perceptions of consanguineous marriage and genetic risk

Close kin marriages : some anthropological theory and European history

British Pakistani cousin marriages : balancing marital risks

Medical surveillance and diagnostic uncertainty

Responding to reproductive risk

Foretelling and managing infant death

Genetic screening and the extended family

Genetic risk in context.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-274) and index.

ISBN:

9786612627484

9781282627482

1282627481

9781845458874

1845458877

OCLC:

645101955