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The book examines the social and cultural context of new genetic knowledge associated with breast cancer. It looks at how this knowledge and technologies are used and received in two contrasting social arenas - cancer genetic clinics and a breast cancer research charity.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Clinical Breast Cancer Genetics: Patients, Practitioners and Predictive Medicine
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A Breast Cancer Research Charity: Science, Activism and the Quest for Knowledge
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
SAHRA GIBBON is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Anthropology Department at University College London, UK. She has a longstanding interest in the social and cultural dimensions of developments in genomics and the dynamic interface between differently constituted sciences and publics. She teaches on a range of courses focussing on the anthropology of medicine, science and technology
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Breast Cancer Genes and the Gendering of Knowledge
Book Subtitle: Science and Citizenship in the Cultural Context of the 'New' Genetics
Authors: Sahra Gibbon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230626553
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9901-6Published: 14 December 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54754-8Published: 01 January 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62655-3Published: 14 December 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 221
Topics: Medical Sociology, Human Genetics, Oncology, Gender Studies, Sociology, general, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics