Narratives of health protection in families with a late-onset kidney disease: Re-defining governmentality and responsibility for health in the era of the 'new' genetics

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Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Brindle, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Early diagnosis; Governmentality; New genetics; Normality; Responsibility for health; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749103431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2060     Document Type: Article

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