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The limits and lies of human genetic research：dangers for social policy

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kaplan Jonathan Michael
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: New YorK
Publication Dates: 2000.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Medical genetics > Moral and ethical aspects
Human genetics > Research > Moral and ethical aspects
Human genetics > Research > Social aspects
Genetics, Medical
Ethics, Medical
Public Policy
Research
Génétique médicale > Aspect moral
Génétique humaine > Recherche > Aspect moral
Génétique humaine > Recherche > Aspect social
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.

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