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Sexuality / Marianne Matzo -- Bereavement / Inge B. Corless -- Supporting families in palliative care / Rose Steele and Betty Davies -- Planning for the actual death / Patricia Berry -- Cultural considerations in palliative care / Polly Mazanec and Joan T. Panke -- Self-assessment test questions

Epilepsy : definition, syndromes, and treatment / Jordan Kamel and Mark Cook -- Beliefs and perceptions of epilepsy in different cultures / Jaya Pinikahana -- Epilepsy, stigma and society / Graham Scambler -- Who gets treatment for epilepsy? : the political economy of the treatment gap / Christine Walker -- Epilepsy and women's health issues / Line Sveberg R2ste and Erik Taub2ll -- Injuries in epilepsy / Rita Nguyen and Josâe F. Tâellez-Zenteno -- Epilepsy, driving and law / Roy G. Beran -- Epilepsy, culture, identity and wellbeing : a study of the social, cultural and environmental context of epilepsy in Cameroon / Pascale Allotey and Daniel Reidpath -- Knowledge, attitudes and epilepsy / John O. Elliott, Sheri Hart and Christine Charyton -- Employment and epilepsy / Ramon Edmundo D. Bautista and Logan A. Crews -- Epilepsy and physical exercise : how much is too much? / Ricardo Mario Arida, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza and Esper Abräao Cavalheiro -- Economic and psychosocial burden of epilepsy in developing countries / Sanjeev V. Thomas -- Epilepsy and media / Toba Schwaber Kerson

Contents: Change and continuity in the Gezira region of the Sudan, by Georges Brauch; The integration of social development plans with over-all development planning: the example of Sierra Leone, by David Carney; The development of subsistence and peasant economies in Africa, by George Dalton; Some social policy implications of industrial development in East Africa, by Walter Elkan; Problems in the development of family relations in West Africa, by Artem Letnev.

Intro -- Contents -- Social Aspects of Applied Human Genetics -- Recent Developments in Clinical Genetics -- Human Genetics in Medical Practice: A Review and Analysis -- Public Knowledge and Use of Medical Genetics -- The Nature and Scope of Genetic Counseling -- The Role of the Genetic Counselor -- The Delivery of Genetic Counseling -- Reproductive Decisions after Counseling -- Areas of Needed Research -- The Social Organization of Medical Genetics -- Genetics Counselors -- Clients of Genetic Counseling -- Legal Considerations -- Economic Aspects of Applied Genetics -- References

AbstractSince the early days of the Human Genome Project, there has been increasing social scientific research that promises to elucidate the social implications, aspects or dimensions of research on human, animal and plant genetics. This paper discusses the literature on the social aspects of different types of genetic testing technologies and their applications in the contexts of clinical medicine, biomedical research, personal and family genealogy, and criminal justice. Although there are many differences in the practices, purposes and organization of these technologies across such contexts, this paper shows that social scientists' understandings of their social aspects centers on individual and collective experiences of how genetic testing technologies operate in practice.