Being at genetic risk toward a rhetoric of care

Being at genetic risk toward a rhetoric of care

"Advocates a conversation around the genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancers that focuses less on choice and more on care. 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"--Provided...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pender, Kelly, 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Series:RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.
Subjects:
BRCA genes.
Breast > Cancer > Patients > Medical care.
Ovaries > Cancer > Patients > Medical care.
Genetic screening.
Rhetoric.
Medical care.
Patient participation.
Genetic Predisposition to Disease > prevention & control
Breast Neoplasms > genetics
Genetic Testing
Ovarian Neoplasms > genetics
Risk Factors
Patient Care
Patient Participation
Gènes BRCA.
Sein > Cancer > Patients > Soins médicaux.
Ovaires > Cancer > Patients > Soins médicaux.
Dépistage génétique.
Rhétorique.
Soins médicaux.
Participation des patients.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric
EBSCO eBooks
Electronic books.
Early works.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Following Mol's lead : from diabetes to BRCA risk
  • From ideology to governmentality : a constructivist view of genetic risk
  • Making risk real : a praxiographic inquiry into being BRCA+
  • Toward a rhetoric of care for the at risk
  • Conclusion : invention in RSTM: another moderate response to the two-world problem.

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