The limits and lies of human genetic research:dangers for social policy
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Published: |
Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | New YorK |
Publication Dates: | 2000. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 224 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
0415926378 (hb. : acid-free paper) 0415926386 (pb. : acid-free paper) |
Index Number: | Q987 |
CLC: |
Q987-05 R-052 |
Call Number: | Q987-05/K174 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-216) and index. Explaining differences -- Varieties of determinism -- Genes and causation -- IQ and social policy -- Criminality and violence: the brain and the gene -- Gay genes and the reification of homosexuality -- On the medicalization of mood-affective disorders: antidepressants and the heritability of depression and temperament -- Born to be fat? culture and the meaning of weight -- Contract pregnancies and genetic parenthood -- The concept of the environment. |