Genomic susceptibility testing and pregnancy: something old, something new

This essay explores how testing for common and complex or genomic, as opposed to genetic, susceptibility to deep vein thrombosis both challenges and consolidates old social discourses on genes, gender and pregnancy. The nexus between genetics and reproduction usually crystallizes in the moral dilemm...

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Main Author: Paula Saukko
Format: Default Article
Published: 2004
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Sociology not elsewhere classified
Other human society not elsewhere classified
Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
Genetic testing
Genetic thrombophilia
Factor V Leiden
Genomics
Preventive genetics
Prenatal testing
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Sociology
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/5636
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