Susceptibility genes and the question of embodied identity.

doi:10.1525/maq.2007.21.3.256

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Susceptibility genes and the question of embodied identity.

Medical anthropology quarterly - 1 Sept 2007

Lock Margaret, Freeman Julia, Chilibeck Gillian, Beveridge Briony, Padolsky Miriam

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Drawing on an assumption of the co-construction of the material and the social, late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is used as an illustrative example to assess claims for an emergent figure of the "individual genetically at risk." Current medical understanding of the genetics of AD is discussed, followed by a summary of media and AD society materials that reveal an absence of gene hype in connection with this...

Topics

Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoprotein E4
Attitude to Health
Female
Genetic Counseling
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetic Testing
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Quebec
Risk Assessment
United States

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PMID: 17937249
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2007.21.3.256

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