Foreword Acknowledgements 1. Preface: Genomics and Society - A Visionary Approach 2. Personal Genomics and its Sociotechnical Transformations 3. Genetics, Genomics and Society: Challenges and Choices 4. Genomics and patient empowerment 5. Ethical issues in Health and Social Genomics 6. Health economic perspectives of genomics 7. Legal aspects of health applications of genomics 8. Genomics, Patents and Human Rights 9. Teaching genetics and genomics for social and lay professionals 10. Engaging and empowering public and professionals in genomics 11. The 'life costs' of living with rare genetic diseases 12. The bioeconomy, genomics and Society 13. Socio-economic outcomes of genomics in the developing world 14. Roles of genomics in addressing global food security 15. The integration of genomics in the traditional Indian medical practice of Ayurveda 17. Genomics and Traditional Chinese Medicine 18. Human genetics and genomics and the socio-cultural beliefs and practices in South Africa 19. Genomics and Spirituality 20. The socio-demographic and economic correlates of consanguineous marriages in highly consanguineous populations 21. The international law and regulation of medical genetics and genomics Glossary schovat popis