Genomics and society : legal, ethical and social dimensions / edited by George Gaskell and Martin Bauer.

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, [2006], ©2006.

xvi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Genomics and society -- Dilemmas of genetic information -- Spare parts for human bodies -- Moving the goal posts in bioethics -- Whom to trust with genes on the menu? -- Public mobilization and policy consequences -- The coming of age of participation -- Issue salience and media framing over thirty years -- The politics of bio-ethics -- The monster in public imagination -- Towards a global pop culture of genes? -- Competing voices, contrasting frames in North America -- Transatlantic tensions over GM foods -- The Japanese experience -- Paradoxes of resistance in Brazil.

Includes bibliographical references.