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Author:   Sheila A.M. McLean
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138378261

ISBN 10:   1138378267
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   23 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Series preface; Introduction. Genetics - General:Human genetics: the new panacea?, Julian Kinderlerer and Diane Longley; Regulation as facilitation: negotiating the genetic revolution, Julia Black; Whose genome project?, Darryl Macer; The gene genie: good fairy or wicked witch?, Sheila A.M. McLean; Procreative liberty in the era of genomics, John A. Robertson; Beyond 'genetic discrimination': toward the broader harm of geneticism, Susan M. Wolf; What makes genetic discrimination exceptional?, Deborah Hellman; Genetic secrets and the family, Dean Bell and Belinda Bennett; Genetic privacy, Lawrence O. Gostin; Challenging medical-legal norms: the role of autonomy, confidentiality, and privacy in protecting individual and familial group rights in genetic information, Graeme T. Laurie; Genetic testing and employee protection, Philippa Gannon and Charlotte Villiers; Pharmacogenetics: ethical issues and policy option, Allen Buchanan, Andrea Califano, Jeffrey Kahn, Elizabeth McPherson, John Robertson and Baruch Brody. Gene Therapy/Testing/Cloning: Beware! Preimplantation genetic diagnosis may solve some old problems but it also raises new ones, Heather Draper and Ruth Chadwick; Predictive genetic testing for conditions that present in childhood, Lainie Friedman Ross; Is there a case in favour of predictive genetic testing in young children?, Stephen Robertson and Julia Savulerscu; Inheritable genetic modification and a brave new world: did Huxley have it wrong?, Mark S. Frankel; Gene therapies and the pursuit of a better human, Sara Goering; Protecting the endangered human: toward an international treaty prohibiting cloning and inheritable alterations, George J. Annas, Lori B. Andrews and Rosario M. Isasi; 'Goodbye Dolly'? the ethics of human cloning, John Harris; Cloning and infertility, Carson Strong; Should we clone human beings? Cloning as a source of tissue for transplantation, Julian Saulescu; Going to the roots of the stem cell controversy, Søren Holm; S

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'... to those ... looking for a 'one stop shop' of current debates in a contentious new area spanning medicine and the law, this book brings together many of the key contributions.' - Health Sociology Review.

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Sheila A.M. McLean is from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

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