Dangerous Diagnostics: The Social Power of Biological Information

by Dorothy Nelkin, Laurence R. Tancredi

Dangerous Diagnostics is a powerful 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 cutting-edge 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.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Shane · Rating 4 out of 5]

non-fiction. my version is 1989 but there is another 1994. there were a cluster of books on this topic that i read at this point in time. this was one of my favorites - believable then and i still think relevant.