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Author Lemke, Thomas

Title Perspectives on genetic discrimination / Thomas Lemke
Published New York : Routledge, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (163 pages)
Series Routledge advances in sociology ; 100
Routledge advances in sociology ; 100.
Contents Disease as error : foundations and limits of molecular medicine -- Genetic discrimination : empirical evidence and regulatory responses -- Empirical deficits and normative contradictions : problems in the analysis of genetic discrimination -- "A slap in the face" : an exploratory study of genetic discrimination in Germany -- The regime of truth and dimensions of genetic responsibility -- Conclusion : pitfalls of criticism
Summary Over the past 15 years, a series of empirical studies in different countries have shown that our increasing genetic knowledge leads to new forms of exclusion, disadvantaging and stigmatization. The spectrum of this ""genetic discrimination"" ranges from disadvantages at work, via problems with insurance policies, to difficulties with adoption agencies. The empirical studies on the problem of genetic discrimination have not gone unnoticed. Since the beginning of the 1990s, a series of legislative initiatives and statements, both on the national level and on the part of international a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Genetic screening -- Social aspects
Discrimination.
Genetic screening -- Moral and ethical aspects
Human genetics.
Genetic Testing -- ethics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetic Privacy -- legislation & jurisprudence
Genetics, Medical -- ethics
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Genetic.
MEDICAL -- Genetics.
Discrimination
Genetic screening -- Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic screening -- Social aspects
Human genetics
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012042912
ISBN 1134056915
9781134056910
Other Titles Polizei der gene. English