Genetic Approaches to Health Disparities

Abstract

Originality/value

The chapter argues that genetic forms of medicalization and racialization have taken hold over science and public health around the world, thereby engendering a divestment from sociological approaches that do not align with the expansion of genomic science. The chapter thus contributes to critical discussions in the social and health sciences about the fundamental processes of medicalization, racialization, and geneticization in contemporary society.

Citation

Bliss, C. (2015), "Genetic Approaches to Health Disparities", Genetics, Health and Society (Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 16), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 71-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-629020150000016003

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