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Genomics, Obesity and the Struggle over Responsibilities (Hardcover, 2011) Loot Price: R2,906
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Genomics, Obesity and the Struggle over Responsibilities (Hardcover, 2011): Michiel Korthals

Genomics, Obesity and the Struggle over Responsibilities (Hardcover, 2011)

Michiel Korthals

Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, 18

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This volume addresses the overlapping aspects of the fields of genomics, obesity and (non-) medical ethics. It is unique in its examination of the implications of genomics for obesity from an ethical perspective. Genomics covers the sciences and technologies involved in the pathways that DNA takes until the organism is completely built and sustained: the range of genes (DNA), transcriptor factors, enhancers, promoters, RNA (copy of DNA), proteins, metabolism of cell, cellular interactions, organisms. Genomics offers a holistic approach, which, when applied to obesity, can have surprising and disturbing implications for the existing networks tackling this phenomenon. The ethical concerns and consideration presented are inspired by the interaction between the procedural perspective emphasizing the necessity of consultative and participatory organizational relationships in the new gray zones between medicine and food, and the substantive perspective that both cherishes individual autonomy and embeds it in socio-cultural contexts.

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, 18
Release date: November 2010
First published: 2011
Editors: Michiel Korthals
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 240
Edition: 2011
ISBN-13: 978-9400701267
Categories: Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
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LSN: 9400701268
Barcode: 9789400701267

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