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Author Shaw, Alison, 1957-

Title Negotiating risk [electronic resource] : British Pakistani experiences of genetics / Alison Shaw.

Imprint New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 283 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-274) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Medical genetics -- Great Britain.
Consanguinity -- Great Britain.
Pakistanis -- Great Britain.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781845455484 (alk. paper)
1845455487 (alk. paper)

 
    
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