CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Introduction: Exploring genetic risk 1
6. Chapter 1: Medical and public perceptions of consanguineous marriage and genetic risk 37
7. Chapter 2: Close kin marriages: some anthropological theory and European history 63
8. Chapter 3: British Pakistani cousin marriages: balancing marital risks 89
9. Chapter 4: Medical surveillance and diagnostic uncertainty 111
10. Chapter 5: Responding to reproductive risk 139
11. Chapter 6: Foretelling and managing infant death 167
12. Chapter 7: Genetic screening and the extended family 201
13. Chapter 8: Genetic risk in context 229
14. Bibliography 253
15. Index 275