Biomedicine, genetics and disability: Reflections on nursing and a philosophy of holism.

This article critically explores the notion of those sociopolitical spaces that are 'disability','holism' and 'genetics', arguing from the perspective s of someone who identifies as having a disability. Medical genetics is see n to reflect the ideology and dominant biomedical reductionist thought. In contrast with this, it is proposed that disability and health are inherentl y social. A nursing approach is seen to recognize the social and holistic n ature of the human person and to present a critical reflection on the reduc tionistic applications of medical genetics.