Genetic Testing: Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame

By Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Srikant Sarangi, Angus Clarke

Book Overview

Firmly grounded in empirical data, this book critically engages with the relational, moral and ethical issues surrounding genetic testing in contemporary society. Competing accounts of autonomy, responsibility and blame - by families, by professionals and in the public sphere - are analysed rigorously within a discourse-rhetorical framework, paying particular attention to the situated management of risks of knowing and risks of disclosure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415474434
• ISBN13: 9780415474436
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"