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Being at Genetic Risk

- Toward a Rhetoric of Care
Af: Kelly Pender Engelsk Paperback

Being at Genetic Risk

- Toward a Rhetoric of Care
Af: Kelly Pender Engelsk Paperback
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Rhetorics of choice have dominated the biosocial discourses surrounding BRCA risk for decades, telling women at genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancers that they are free to choose how (and whether) to deal with their risk. Critics argue that women at genetic risk are, in fact, not free to choose but rather are forced to make particular choices. In Being at Genetic Risk, Kelly Pender argues for a change in the conversation around genetic risk that focuses less on choice and more on care. Being at Genetic Risk offers a new set of conceptual starting points for understanding what is at stake with a BRCA diagnosis and what the focus on choice obstructs from view. Through a praxiographic reading of the medical practices associated with BRCA risk, Pender’s analysis shows that genetic risk is not just something BRCA+ women know, but also something that they do. It is through this doing that genetic cancer risk becomes a reality in their lives, one that we can explain but not one that we can explain away. Well researched and thoughtfully argued, Being at Genetic Risk will be welcomed by scholars of rhetoric and communication, particularly those who work in the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine, as well as scholars in allied fields who study the social, ethical, and political implications of genetic medicine. Pender’s insight will also be of interest to organizations that advocate for those at genetic risk of breast and ovarian cancers.
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Rhetorics of choice have dominated the biosocial discourses surrounding BRCA risk for decades, telling women at genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancers that they are free to choose how (and whether) to deal with their risk. Critics argue that women at genetic risk are, in fact, not free to choose but rather are forced to make particular choices. In Being at Genetic Risk, Kelly Pender argues for a change in the conversation around genetic risk that focuses less on choice and more on care. Being at Genetic Risk offers a new set of conceptual starting points for understanding what is at stake with a BRCA diagnosis and what the focus on choice obstructs from view. Through a praxiographic reading of the medical practices associated with BRCA risk, Pender’s analysis shows that genetic risk is not just something BRCA+ women know, but also something that they do. It is through this doing that genetic cancer risk becomes a reality in their lives, one that we can explain but not one that we can explain away. Well researched and thoughtfully argued, Being at Genetic Risk will be welcomed by scholars of rhetoric and communication, particularly those who work in the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine, as well as scholars in allied fields who study the social, ethical, and political implications of genetic medicine. Pender’s insight will also be of interest to organizations that advocate for those at genetic risk of breast and ovarian cancers.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 184
ISBN-13: 9780271082110
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0271082119
Kategori: Sundhedsøkonomi
Udg. Dato: 15 jun 2022
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
Oplagsdato: 15 jun 2022
Forfatter(e): Kelly Pender
Forfatter(e) Kelly Pender

Kategori Sundhedsøkonomi

ISBN-13 9780271082110

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 184

Udgave

Længde 13mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 15 jun 2022

Oplagsdato 15 jun 2022

Forlag Pennsylvania State University Press