
Negotiating risk British Pakistani experiences of genetics
Title:
Negotiating risk British Pakistani experiences of genetics
Author:
Shaw, Alison, 1957-
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Publication Information:
New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Physical Description:
x, 283 p. : ill., map.
Contents:
Medical and public perceptions of consanguineous marriage and genetic risk -- Close kin marriages : some anthropological theory and European history -- British Pakistani cousin marriages : balancing marital risks -- Medical surveillance and diagnostic uncertainty -- Responding to reproductive risk -- Foretelling and managing infant death -- Genetic screening and the extended family -- Genetic risk in context.
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