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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">A new sociological imperative: towards engaging with preimplantation genetic diagnosis</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Brandenburg, Kellie</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>A new sociological imperative: towards engaging with preimplantation genetic diagnosis.</xhtml:em> Health Sociology Review, 16 (1). ISSN 1446-1242</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/846/2/HSR_16-1_Brandenburg.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/846/2/HSR_16-1_Brandenburg.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />205Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input value="850" name="docid" accept-charset="utf-8" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://hsr.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/16/issue/1/article/110/a-new-sociological-imperative-towards-engaging">http://hsr.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/16/issue/1/article/110/a-new-sociological-imperative-towards-engaging</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a controversial technology in which human embryos in vitro are genetically screened (via cell biopsy) prior to selection and transfer to the womb. A review of the non-sociological literature dealing with PGD reveals a preoccupation with risk. Risk in this context is framed primarily in terms of an ethical concern focussing on the rights of the individual. Thus PGD is framed as a potential risk to individual rights. What is also evident is this use of the concept of risk obscures broader social dimensions such as choice and access. While some sociologists have located debates about PGD within a risk framework, others have drawn upon issues such as choice and responsibility. These varied positions are evident in the dissonance between lay perspectives and expert positions. I propose a number of questions about PGD which require further sociological attention.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">sociology, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, PGD, bioethics, neoliberalism, governance</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/220000.html">220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts - General</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/370100.html">370000 Studies in Human Society > 370100 Sociology</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">846</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Kellie Brandenburg</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">28 Jun 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">07 Feb 2008 11:07</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=846;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=846">item control page</a></p>
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