Revisiting race in a genomic age / edited by Barbara A. Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, and Sarah S. Richardson.

Other author Koenig, Barbara A.
Other author Lee, Sandra Soo-Jin, 1966-
Other author Richardson, Sarah S., 1980-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxv, 376 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Race.
Genomics--Social aspects.
Genomics--Moral and ethical aspects.

SeriesRutgers series in medical anthropology
Studies in medical anthropology. ^A629450
Contents Race : past, present, and future / Jonathan Marks -- What genes are, and why there are no genes for race / John Dupré -- A social constructionist analysis of race / Sally Haslanger -- Individual ancestry inference and the reification of race as a biological phenomenon / Deborah A. Bolnick -- Race, ancestry, and medicine / Marcus W. Feldman and Richard C. Lewontin -- Will tomorrow's medicines work for everyone? / Sarah K. Tate and David B. Goldstein -- Patenting race in a genomic age / Jonathan Kahn -- The molecularization of race : U.S. health institutions, pharmacogenetics practice, and public science after the genome / Duana Fullwiley -- Tracking race in addiction research / Molly J. Dingel and Barbara A. Koenig -- Genetic ancestry and the search for personalized genetic histories / Mark D. Shriver and Rick A. Kittles -- Genetic genealogy : genetics meets the marketplace / Henry T. Greely -- Native-American-DNA.com : in search of Native American race and tribe / Kimberly Tallbear -- The factness of diaspora : the social sources of genetic genealogy / Alondra Nelson -- Moving beyond the two-race mantra / Pamela Sankar -- Cops, sports, and schools : how the news media frames coverage of genetics and race / Sally Lehrman -- Race without salvation : beyond the science/society divide in genomic studies of human diversity / Jenny Reardon -- The feasibility of government oversight of NIH-funded population genetics research / Jacqueline Stevens -- Racial realism and the discourse of responsibility for health disparities in a genomic age / Sandra Soo-Jin Lee.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007039073
ISBN0813543231 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813543239 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN081354324X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813543246 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GN 269 .R48 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold