Genes, women, equality:
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Main Author: Mahowald, Mary Briody (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2000
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Ch. 1. A feminist standpoint for genetics -- Ch. 2. Women in genetics research -- Ch. 3. Women in clinical genetics -- Ch. 4. Gender justice in genetics -- Ch. 5. Allocation of genetic services and the feminization of poverty -- Ch. 6. Ethnicity, cultural differences, and sex selection -- Ch. 7. Genetic versus gestational ties to children -- Ch. 8. Disabilities, feminism, and caregiving -- Ch. 9. Cystic fibrosis and misattributed paternity -- Ch. 10. Sickle cell disease and carrier testing -- Ch. 11. Genetic testing for susceptibility to breast cancer -- Ch. 12. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and abortion -- Ch. 13. Genomic alterations and women -- Ch. 14. Behavioral genetics and alcohol consumption in women -- Ch. 15. Employment, health insurance, and the public-private distinction -- Ch. 16. Human cloning, women, and parenthood
"Genetics is not gender neutral in its impact. In this book, the author cites a wide range of biological and psychosocial examples that reveal its different impact on men and women, especially with regard to reproduction and caregiving
She examines the extent to which these differences are associated with gender injustice, arguing for positions that reduce inequality between the sexes."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 314 p.)
ISBN:0199771189
9780199771189

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