Overview

Genetic counselling should be viewed from many perspectives. To understand the ethical issues raised by genetic counselling, it is necessary for the practitioner, the detached observer and the student to be aware of these different perspectives. This book includes contributions from health professionals engaged in genetic counselling, and from observers and critics of genetic counselling with backgrounds in law, in philosophy, in biology, in the soical sciences in advocacy on behalf of those with mental handicap. This diversity among the contributors will enable health professionals to examine their activities with a fresh eye, and will help the observer-critic to understand the ethical problems that arise in genetic counselling practice rather than imaginary encounters. It is natural for health professionals to focus their concern on the immediate questions raised by individual clients, and for detached observers to consider the broader social implications of genetic counselling; this book will aid the process of mutual understanding. The book consists of an introduction and eleven chapters. Five chapters have been written from the perspectives of those engaged in genetic counselling of screening, and examine the ethical issues raised. Six chapters have been written from contrasting, critical perpectives. This volume differs from other studies of ethical issues raised by genetics in that it focuses on genetic counselling and screening as such, rather than the new technologies applied to human reproduction. The breadth of the multidisciplinary perspective is also unusual, and make the book of interest of health professionals, social scientists, philosophers of science and of ethics, lawyers and bioethicists.

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Author:   Angus Clarke
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.670kg
ISBN:  

9780415082570

ISBN 10:   0415082579
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   05 May 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Genetic counselling, A.Caroline Berry; Chapter 2 Genetic counselling, Ann Williams; Chapter 3 Predictive testing of adults and children, Barbara Ball, Audrey Tyler, Peter Harper; Chapter 4 Ethical issues in newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Evelyn Parsons, Don Bradley; Chapter 5 Termination of a second-trimester pregnancy for fetal abnormality, Margaretha White-van Mourik; Chapter 6 Lessons from a dark and distant past, Benno Müller-Hill; Chapter 7 Prenatal genetic testing and screening*Prenatal diagnosis, the focus of much of this chapter, is troublesome for all women, users and critics alike. In no way do I intend my remarks about it to reflect on women who have considered or undergone testing; criticism of the technologies is not to be read as criticisms of them. Women considering childbearing today face agonizing issues I was fortunate enough not to have to confront, and I can only admire their resilience and strength., Abby Lippman; Chapter 8 Medical genetics and mental handicap, Lydia Sinclair, Matthew Griffiths; Chapter 9 The rights and interests of children and those with a mental handicap, Jonathan Montgomery; Chapter 10 Confidentiality in genetic counselling, Paula Boddington; Chapter 11 Genetic reductionism and medical genetic practice, Maureen Ramsay;

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