Risky Relations: Family, Kinship and the New Genetics

by Aditya Bharadwaj, Katie Featherstone, Paul Anthony Atkinson, et al.

Book Overview

Increasingly more conditions are now being identified as having a genetic component, and controversial new genetic technologies potentially have major consequences for social relations and self-identity. How do family members respond to the information that they have a genetically transmitted disease or condition? How do they communicate (or not communicate) about their shared heritage? How do they decide who to tell and who not to tell within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845201795
• ISBN13: 9781845201791
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"