Backdoor to eugenics

Backdoor to eugenics

Inherited genetic disorders and inherited social ordersThe prism of heritability and the sociology of knowledge: what questions? Whose questions? -- The genetic screening of "target" populations -- Dilemmas of a "general" genetic disorder control policy -- Neutrality and ideology...

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1. Verfasser: Duster, Troy (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, London Routledge c 2003
Ausgabe:2. ed.
Schlagworte:
Eugenics > Human chromosome abnormalities > Diagnosis > Genetic disorders > Social aspects > United States > USA > Eugenik > Chromosomenanalyse > Chromosomenanomalie > Erbkrankheit
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Zusammenfassung:Inherited genetic disorders and inherited social ordersThe prism of heritability and the sociology of knowledge: what questions? Whose questions? -- The genetic screening of "target" populations -- Dilemmas of a "general" genetic disorder control policy -- Neutrality and ideology in genetic disorder control -- The increasing appropriation of genetic explanations -- Eugenics by the back door -- Human genetics, evolutionary theory, and social stratification -- Afterword: The new and emerging relationship between behavioral and molecular genetics
Beschreibung:Previous ed.: 1990
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Previous ed.: 1990
Beschreibung:XVI, 240 S
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24cm
ISBN:0415948053
0-415-94805-3
0415946743
0-415-94674-3