Negotiating risk : British Pakistani experiences of genetics /: British Pakistani experiences of genetics. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alison Shaw.
• Other Names: Shaw, Alison, 1957-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 616.042; Medical genetics -- Great Britain; Consanguinity -- Great Britain; Pakistanis -- Great Britain; Consanguinity -- Great Britain; Consanguinity -- Pakistan; Genetic Screening -- psychology -- Great Britain; Genetic Screening -- psychology -- Pakistan; Culture -- Great Britain; Culture -- Pakistan; Genetic Diseases, Inborn -- ethnology -- Great Britain; Genetic Diseases, Inborn -- ethnology -- Pakistan; Risk Assessment -- Great Britain; Risk Assessment -- Pakistan
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845458874; 1845458877
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.