Genetics, Health and Society

Editor:

• Brea L. Perry

Chapters:

• Genetics, Health and Society
• Advances in Medical Sociology
• Genetics, Health and Society
• Copyright Page
• Editorial Advisory Board
• List of Contributors
• The Sociology of, in, and with Genetics: The Role of Medical Sociology in the Era of “-omics”

Part I: Critical Perspectives on Genetics as Usual

• Heritability Studies: Methodological Flaws, Invalidated Dogmas, and Changing Paradigms
• All Marked-Up in the Genetic Era: Race and Ethnicity as “Floating Signifiers” in Genetic and Genomic Research
• Genetic Approaches to Health Disparities

Part II: Toward a Sociology with Genetics

• Making a Case for Genetics: Interdisciplinary Visions and Practices in the Contemporary Social Sciences
• Researching Genes, Behavior, and Society to Improve Population Health: A Primer in Complex Adaptive Systems as an Integrative Approach
• Sociology in an Age of Genomic Instability: Copy Number Variation, Somatic Mosaicism, and the Fallen Genome
• Natural Symptoms? The Intersection of Social, Biological, and Genetic Determinants of Depression in Later Life

Part III: Genetic Complexity in Medical Ethics and Practice

• Frames of Reference: Marketing the Practice and Ethics of PGD on Fertility Clinic Websites
• The Right to Know or Not to Know: Risk Notification and Genetic Counselling
• Using Public-Private Partnerships to Mitigate Disparities in Access to Genetic Services: Lessons from Wisconsin