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Dangerous Diagnostics

Paperback • 1994 • English

Dangerous Diagnostics

By Dorothy Nelkin

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About the book

A study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize and ultimately control individuals. Nelkin and Tancredi explore the ethical, social and legal implications of technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination in the name of standardized, objective measurements. They caution against the creation of an underclass deemed unemployable, untrainable or uninsurable by such diagnostic tests.

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ISBN

9780226571294

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

1994

Language

English

Original title

Dangerous Diagnostics

Format

Paperback

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