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The social life of genetic knowledge: a case-study of choices and dilemmas in cancer genetic counselling in Denmark.

Medical anthropology - 1 Jan 2000

Svendsen Mette Nordahl

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This article explores the social life of genetic knowledge in the context of cancer genetic counselling in Denmark. I focus on a specific case that occurred during my study of the processes through which genetic risk profiles are produced and through which knowledge of genes and kinship comes to appear both meaningful and contestable to counsellees. The analysis illuminates how participants in cancer genetic...

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PMID: 16809124
DOI: 10.1080/01459740600667120

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