Toward an Alternative Understanding of Genetic Risk

DOI Web Site

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 遺伝学的リスクの意味づけに関する別様の理解可能性
  • イデンガクテキ リスク ノ イミズケ ニ カンスル ベツヨウ ノ リカイ カノウセイ

Search this article

Description

<p>Genetic testing helps inform people about their genetic information. Previous studies have primarily shown that individuals with genetic risk feel a sense of responsibility as well as guilt. However, the experiences of people who state that genetic risk is not a “big problem” have not been fully explored. This paper, by using or through the lens of N. Luhmann’s concepts of risk and danger, aims to present an alternative understanding of the implications of genetic risk by analyzing the narratives of those who do not consider genetic risk to be a major concern. The results showed that the meaning of risk differed for those who say that genetic risk was not a “big problem” and those who said it was a “big problem,” and that the two differed in the role of the carrier and the responsibility for the child. At the same time, it implied that there was a gap in the problematization of the illness between the two.</p>

Journal

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top