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Making the Mexican Diabetic

Making the Mexican Diabetic
Author: Michæl Montoya
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0520267311



Making the Mexican Diabetic: Race, Science, and the Genetics of Inequality



This innovative ethnographic study animates the racial politics that underlie genomic research into type 2 diabetes, one of the most widespread chronic diseases and one that affects ethnic groups disproportionately.
author michael montoya format paperback language english publication year 18 03 2011 subject medicine subject 2 medical nursing ancillary services title making the mexican diabetic race science and the genetics of inequality author montoya michael publisher univ of california pr publication date mar 18 2011 pages 282 binding paperback edition 1 st dimensions 6 25 wx 9 25 hx 0 75 d isbn 0520267311 subject social science emigration immigration description this innovative ethnographic study anima
Michael J. Montoya follows blood donations from "Mexican-American" donors to laboratories that are searching out genetic contributions to diabetes. His analysis lays bare the politics and ethics of the research process, addressing the implicit contradiction of undertaking genetic research that reinscribes race's importance even as it is being demonstrated to have little scientific validity. In placing DNA sampling, processing, data set sharing, and carefully crafted science into a broader social context, Making the Mexican Diab

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author michael montoya format paperback language english publication year 18 03 2011 subject medicine subject 2 medical nursing ancillary services title making the mexican diabetic race science and the genetics of inequality author montoya michael publisher univ of california pr publication date mar 18 2011 pages 282 binding paperback edition 1 st dimensions 6 25 wx 9 25 hx 0 75 d isbn 0520267311 subject social science emigration immigration description this innovative ethnographic study anima



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In placing DNA sampling, processing, data set sharing, and carefully crafted science into a broader social context, Making the Mexican Diab

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