Genetics and Global Public Health
Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
Sickle cell and thalassaemia are among the world's most common genetic conditions. They are especially common in Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia. They affect all ethnic groups but they particularly impact on minority ethnic groups in North America, Europe and Australasia. Much research has focused on clinical, laboratory and genetic studies of these conditions. Through a wide-ranging selection of readings based on social scientific research into sickle cell and thalassaemia, this book seeks to redress this imbalance. This is important as, through an examination of the different social, economic and cultural contexts of…
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Weitere Autoren: Atkin, Karl (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-317-97741-4
- EAN: 9781317977414
- Produktnummer: 31850119
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'516 KB
Über den Autor
Simon M. Dyson is Professor of Applied Sociology and Director of the Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell, De Montfort University, UK. He is author of Ethnicity and Screening for Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia (2005) and Sickle Cell and Deaths in Custody (2009, with Gwyneth Boswell). Karl Atkin is a sociologist, and Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York, UK. He is author of The Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (2001, with Elizabeth Anionwu) and co-editor of Race and Social Policy (2012, with Gary Craig, Sangeeta Chattoo and Ronny Flynn).
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