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Genetic Diagnostics for Hereditary Breast Cancer: Displacement of Uncertainty and Responsibility,It sounds quite straightforward: women who suspect a high occurrence of breast cancer in their family simply do a genetic test that predicts their chance of contracting it. As such, predictive . diagnostics seems comparable to doing a blood test in order to establish anaemia or a urine test to identify a bladder infection.

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,Röntgenbefunde bei Pleuraerkrankungen,, doctors will continue to listen to the health complaints of their patients and, if necessary, they will provide medical treatment. But the emphasis in medicine will shift from crisis-driven intervention to prediction of individual health risks and to the question how such risks can be managed or r

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,Veröffentlichung von Jahresabschlüssen,ost of these questions are fairly easy to formulate. Which tests are socially acceptable, or even desirable, and which ones have to be rejected? How will detailed knowledge of individual health risks affect the way we organize our lives and make choices in relation to work, diet and lifestyle? What

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Book 2008Based on detailed studies of the actual use of genetic testing in context, this book looks at the ethical and political questions raised by the expanding role of genetic information in society. In contrast to the established perspective which focuses on individual freedom, the authors emphasize a pragmatic approach focussed on societal learning.