The limits and lies of human genetic research : dangers for social policy

The limits and lies of human genetic research : dangers for social policy /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaplan, Jonathan Michael
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New YorK : Routledge, 2000.
Subjects:	Medical genetics > Moral and ethical aspects. Human genetics > Research > Moral and ethical aspects. Human genetics > Research > Social aspects. Medical genetics. Human genetics. Human genetics > Research. Social aspects.

Table of Contents:

Explaining differences
Varieties of determinism
Genes and causation
IQ and social policy
Criminality and violence: the brain and the gene
Gay genes and the reification of homosexuality
On the medicalization of mood-affective disorders: antidepressants and the heritability of depression and temperament
Born to be fat? culture and the meaning of weight
Contract pregnancies and genetic parenthood
The concept of the environment.