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Paul Atkinson

Paul Atkinson. ESRC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics Wellcome Trust. How do families share information about genetic illness and risk?. “Families”. Practical Kinship. Relatedness. Social Anthropology. Sociology. “Information”. Stories. Evasions. Suspicions.

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Paul Atkinson

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  1. Paul Atkinson

  2. ESRC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics Wellcome Trust

  3. How do families share information about genetic illness and risk?

  4. “Families” Practical Kinship Relatedness Social Anthropology Sociology

  5. “Information” Stories Evasions Suspicions Awareness Contexts Emotional Labour Information Games

  6. “Generations” Accounting device Time and change Transitions Narratives Narrative Analysis Discourse Analysis

  7. “Genetics” Theories of Transmission Routes and substances Ethnoscience Anthropology of inheritance Sociology of medicine

  8. Acknowledgements • Maggie Gregory • Katie Featherstone • Rebecca Dimond • Paula Boddington

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