KINSCAPES, TIMESCAPES & GENESCAPES: FAMILIES LIVING WITH GENETIC RISK Authors:
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This paper synthesises recent research examining how families live with genetic risk and the processes of genetic decision-making and disclosure among family members who have or are at risk of transmitting a familial genetic condition. Its aim is to generate substantive theory that can inform our understanding of the interactional processes at work in the distribution of mutual knowledge and awareness within families. The paper is structured round three inter-related concepts: kinscape refers to the constellation of relations and relatedness that are recognised practically; timescape to the multiple temporal frames of social relations and their transformation; genescape to the constellation of knowledge, belief and practice surrounding
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Kinscapes, timescapes and genescapes: families living with genetic risk.
This article synthesises recent research examining how families live with genetic risk and the processes of genetic decision-making and disclosure among family members who have been or are at risk of transmitting a familial genetic condition. Its aim is to generate substantive theory that can inform our understanding of the interactional processes at work in the distribution of mutual knowledge...
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