Narrating the New Predictive Genetics

This work explores the way changes in technology have affected the relationship between ethics and medicine, generating new approaches to ethical issues and the implications of medical practice. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research with families affected by Huntington's Disease, Monica Konrad explores the huge disparity between the experience of living with the results of genetic testing and the knowledge and expertise to develop policy, clinical services and support.

Author: Monica Konrad
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/17/2005
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780521833141

About the Author
Konrad, Monica: - Monica Konrad is Fellow of Girton College and Research Associate at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Her recent publications address the relevance of contemporary anthropology for global governance in science, international bioethics, and interdisciplinary studies.