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Zusatztext '? a comprehensive! balanced overview of consanguinity ? this book treats consanguinity like a prism - turning the subject this way and that to capture different reflections! both positive and negative ? Packed with fascinating facts on the history of consanguinity! and statistics comparing practices and resources between countries! Consanguinity in Context makes for 'must read' material on a complex! often controversial! issue.' OrphaNews Europe Informationen zum Autor Alan H. Bittles is Research Leader at the Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University and Adjunct Professor of Community Genetics at Edith Cowan University, Australia. Klappentext An essential guide to the sensitive topic of cousin marriage, examining its social, medical, political and legal connotations. Zusammenfassung Consanguinity in Context will appeal to a wide readership! from clinicians and geneticists to anthropologists and social scientists. Written in an approachable manner! with excellent illustrations and relevant background information! this book is the essential guide to the controversial medical and social issue of intra-familial marriage. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Consanguineous marriage, past and present; 2. Religious attitudes and rulings on consanguineous marriage; 3. Civil legislation on consanguineous and affinal marriage; 4. Consanguinity: the scientific and medical debates of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; 5. Demographic and socioeconomic aspects of consanguineous marriage; 6. A population genetics perspective on consanguinity; 7. Consanguinity and reproductive behaviour; 8. Consanguinity and metrical traits at birth and in childhood; 9. Consanguinity and pre-reproductive mortality; 10. Consanguinity and morbidity in early life; 11. Consanguinity and disorders of adulthood; 12. Incest; 13. Genetic screening, education and counselling in consanguineous marriage; 14. Whither consanguineous marriage?; 15. Consanguinity in context; References; Index....
