Biomedicine, health and identity is one of four EGN research programmes designed to present scientifically informed and policy-relevant research to key UK and international audiences. This theme focuses on the anticipated health and personal-identity benefits that are thought to flow from the contemporary biosciences. For example, it is commonly suggested that an understanding of the human genome will allow treatments to be “personalised” to specific patients, making the procedures safer and more effective. This theme asks how medical research and clinical practice are responding to the new life sciences, and examines some of the implications for access to biomedical services.
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Selling genetic tests online: User perspectives on direct to consumer psychiatric genetic tests
Susan Kelly, Sally Wyatt and Anna Harris
Genomics and the Politics of Identity
Christine Hauskeller
Understandings of Type 2 Diabetes in ‘at risk’ families
Hannah Farrimond
Fetal/maternal cell transfer, non-invasive prenatal diagnosis and naturally occurring micro-chimerism
Susan Kelly
Between the clinic and the laboratory: Biomedical research in praxis
Christine Hauskeller and Dana Wilson-Kovacs
Parenting in the Genetic Age: Parents, impairment and dilemmas of responsibility
Susan Kelly
Developmental trajectories of sub-classifications of autism spectrum disorder
Ginny Russell
Gendered positioning of parental attitudes to children with neuro-developmental disorders
Ginny Russell
Outcomes for children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
Ginny Russell
Is easier better? Public attitudes towards non-invasive pre-natal testing (2008-2010)
Susan Kelly and Hannah Farrimond
Claims-making in nutrigenomics: A policy-driven analysis of marketing and media (2006-2009)
Paula Saukko
The use of family history in the risk assessment and primary prevention of heart disease (2005-2008)
Paula Saukko and Hannah Farrimond
Patient interpretations of family history in evaluating the risk of heart disease in general practice (2006-2007)
Paula Saukko
Complex risks and testing for genetic thrombophilia: a case study on genes and common disease (2003-2005)
Paula Saukko
