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This thesis explores the variety of ways in which scientific views of genetic testing are portrayed in the realm of popular culture. As a case study, I have used the identification of the gene for hereditary stomach cancer which occurred in New Zealand in 1998, and was the result of a partnership between the affected whanau and scientists from the University of Otago. Both the empirical and theoretical findings of this project have shown how such accounts are not neutral or transparent. Rather, they are positioned to represent certain values and ideas, and this is even more evident when those affected are Maori. However, considering textual representations of the gene and cancer has revealed the importance of taking into account the fact that these 'things' are also physical and material. I consider the implications of this and consider the ways in which the whanau health workers negotiate the fetishism apparent in biomedicine. Despite its misgivings, biomedicine has immense benefits, some of which the whanau have manipulated and appropriated for their own good, although they do so on their own terms. Despite the many complexities involved in this case study, this is a positive and hopeful story where those involved in the stomach cancer gene project have emerged with improved solutions.

Thesis (MAppSc)--University of South Australia, 1996

Thesis (MAppSc)--University of South Australia, 1996

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Glasgow, 1996. / Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Division of Developmental Medicine, University of Glasgow, 1996. Includes bibliographical references: p. 118-132. Print version also available.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-101) Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. Title from title screen (viewed July 8, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-75). Online version of the print original.

Thesis--Copenhagen. / Summary in Danish. Bibliography: p. [88]-97.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-75).