Biomedical ambiguity : race, asthma, and the contested meaning of genetic research in the Caribbean / Ian Whitmarsh.

Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2008.

viii, 225 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and index.

Introduction : vernaculars in race and disease science -- Contestations of race -- The nation as biomedical site -- Asthma variations -- (Re)categorizing asthma and the rational pharmaceutical -- Biomedical partnerships : making genetics significant -- Misgivings in medical participation -- Participant mothers -- Home visit translations -- Biomedical and anthropological excesses.