The new age of the molecular family An anthropological view on the medicalisation of kinship

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-29

  Sachs, Lisbeth ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

genetics; information; medicalisation; molecular family

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIGREE; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SICK ROLE; SWEDEN;

EID: 3843120161     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940310007987     Document Type: Article

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