DANGEROUS DIAGNOSTICS by Dorothy Nelkin, Laurence R. Tancredi ( 9780226571294 )

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DANGEROUS DIAGNOSTICS
SOCIAL POWER OF BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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Dorothy Nelkin, Laurence R. Tancredi

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

1 January, 1994

Pages:

232

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A study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize and ultimately control individuals. The ethical, social and legal implications of technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination are also included.

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A study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize and ultimately control individuals. Nelkin and Tancredi explore the ethical, social and legal implications of technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination in the name of standardized, objective measurements. They caution against the creation of an underclass deemed unemployable, untrainable or uninsurable by such diagnostic tests.

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