‘Losing the plot’? Medical and activist discourses of contemporary genetics and disability
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: This paper highlights the absence of disability perspectives from research on the cultural construction of genetics. Specifically, it contrasts the discourse on disability emanating from the medical establishment, with the discourse on genetics emanating from the civil rights movement of disabled people. The rhetorical strategies of both positions are criticised, and greater communication and dialogue between different stakeholders in genetics is advocated.
Source: Sociology of Health & Illness
Author: Tom Shakespeare
Institution: University of Leeds
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2014163288