Book ID: CBB773600698

Frameworks of choice: Predictive & genetic testing in Asia (2010)

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Sleeboom-Faulkner, Margaret (Author)


Amsterdam University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 271
Language: English

The first study of its kind in English, Frameworks of Choice provides a comprehensive overview of predictive and genetic testing in China, Japan, India, and Sri Lanka. The volume sheds light on the resources available in each of these countries; analyzes the social, political, and economic backgrounds of those choosing or choosing not to undergo testing; and discusses genetic testing in relation to genetic discrimination, biomedical exploitation, the distribution of health care resources, and nationalism.

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Authors & Contributors
Kristina Lyons
Lena Kaufmann
Natalia Bloch
Patra, Prasanna Kumar
Storms, Martijn
Ormelinge, Ferjan
Journals
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Social Studies of Science
Tarikh-e Elm (The Iranian Journal for the History of Science)
Transfers
Social History of Medicine
Science as Culture
Publishers
Springer International Publishing
University of Chicago Press
Routledge
Duke University Press
Columbia University Press
Amsterdam University Press
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Ethnography
Symmetry
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Postcolonialism
Medicine
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
Asia
India
China
Japan
Sri Lanka
South Korea
Institutions
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mars Exploration Rover Mission (U.S.)
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