Breast Cancer Gene Research and Medical Practices

Transnational Perspectives in the Time of BRCA

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Contributor(s)
Gibbon, Sahra (editor)
Joseph, Galen (editor)
Mozersky, Jessica (editor)
zur Nieden, Andrea (editor)
Palfner, Sonja (editor)
Language
English
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Abstract
The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high risk of developing breast cancer in the UK, US and Europe. The book provides a coherent structure for examining the diversity of practices and discourses that surround developments linked to BRCA genetics, and to the evolving field of genetics more broadly. It will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, history of science, STS, public health and bioethics. Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415824064_oachapter8.pdf
URI
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35227
Keywords
Society and culture: general; Social and cultural anthropology; Sociology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
DOI
10.4324/9780203385517
ISBN
9780203385517
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher website
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
Publication date and place
2014
Imprint
Routledge
Series
Genetics and Society,
Pages
248

Chapters in this book

  • Chapter 8 The BRCA patent controversies
    van Zimmeren, Esther; Nicol, Dianne; Gold, Richard; Carbone, Julia; Chandrasekharan, Subhashini; Lane Baldwin, A.; Cook-Deegan, Robert (2014)
    The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high ...
  • Chapter 8 The BRCA patent controversies
    van Zimmeren, Esther; Nicol, Dianne; Gold, Richard; Carbone, Julia; Chandrasekharan, Subhashini; Lane Baldwin, A.; Cook-Deegan, Robert (2014)
    The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high ...
  • Chapter Mapping Jewish Identities
    Mozersky, Jessica; Gibbon, Sahra (2014)
    Through a comparion of etnographic research in the UK and Brazil, this chapter has examined now changing scientific and medical understandings regarding the origin, genealogical history and patrimony of the so-called ...

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