Discriminate biopower and everyday biopolitics: Views on sickle cell testing in Dakar

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-194

  Fullwiley, Duana ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopower; Dakar; Partner testing; Prenatal diagnosis; Selective abortion; Senegal; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FRANCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SENEGAL; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENEGAL;

EID: 2542476887     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740490448939     Document Type: Review

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