Genetics from Laboratory to Society

1. The ‘Unknown’ Practice of Genetic Testing
Gerard Vries

2. Constructing Results in Prenatal Diagnosis: Beyond Technological Testing and Moral Decision-Making
Myra Zwieten

3. Genetic Diagnostics for Hereditary Breast Cancer: Displacement of Uncertainty and Responsibility
Marianne Boenink

4. Lifestyle, Genes and Cholesterol: New Struggles about Responsibility and Solidarity
Klasien Horstman

5. Detecting Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Escaping the Family History?
Klasien Horstman, Carin Smand

6. Genetics and Insurance: New Technologies, New Policies, New Responsibilities
Ine Hoyweghen

7. Work, Health and Genetics: Problems of Regulation in a Changing Society
Ruth Benschop, Gerard Vries

8. Genetic Risks and Justice in the Workplace: The End of the Protection Paradigm?
Rein Vos

9. Learning from the Work that Links Laboratory to Society
Gerard Vries, Klasien Horstman

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology, general, Human Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Ethics, Philosophy of Science