Genetics, disability, and deafness

by Van Cleve, John V.

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[In this volume, the author] reviews the ways that societies have defined disability and creates an interpretive framework for discussing the relationship between culture and disability.-Back cover.

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  • Full title :Genetics, disability, and deafness / John Vickrey Van Cleve, editor.

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[In this volume, the author] reviews the ways that societies have defined disability and creates an interpretive framework for discussing the relationship between culture and disability.-Back cover.

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  • Publication Date:2006.

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Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, ©2004.

Based on conference papers delivered at Gallaudet University in 2003.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocm67226430
  • Dewey Decimal:617.8042 T

Table of Contents

Science, culture, and human variation: Science of human nature and the human nature of science / L. Menand, ;Cultural context of disability / N. Groce -- Deafness and genetics, a troubled past: Real toll of A.G. Bell, lessons about eugenics / B.H. Greenwald; True love and sympathy, the deaf-deaf marriages debate in transatlantic perspectives / J.J. Murray; Deafness and eugenics in the Nazi era / J.S. Schuchman -- Science of genetic deafness: Complexity of hearing loss from a genetics perspective / O. Dagan and K.B. Avraham; Epidemiology of hereditary deafness, the impact of Connexion 26 on the size and structure of the deaf community / W.E. Nance -- Uses of genetic knowledge: Genes for deafness and the genetics program at Gallaudet University / K.S. Amos and A. Pandya; Deaf and hearing adults attitudes toward genetic testing for deafness / A. Middleton; Negotiating genetic deafness in a Bedouin community / S. Kisch; Not this pig, dignity, imagination, and informed consent / M. Willis -- Era defined by genomics: Frankenstein, Gattaca, and the quest for perfection / C. Krentz; Disability, democracy, and the new genetics / M. Berube.

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Subjects

Conference papers and proceedings Deafness -- Congresses. -- Genetic aspe… Deafness -- Genetic aspects Surdité -- Congrès. -- Aspect génétique

Writers

Van Cleve, John V.

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