Overview
Increasingly, notions of individual autonomy, personal ""choice"" and preference have become woven into our reproductive expectations. With respect to prenatal screening, the choices sought, offered or denied are shaped and interpreted through a range of social, personal, institutional and philosophical lenses. While prenatal screening seeks to promote parental choice and early intervention, for the most part, the genetic anomalies commonly targeted are inherently ""unfixable."" Frequently, the only further intervention on offer is selective termination. Hence, the practice of prenatal screening raises complex ethical questions, forcing judgement on the desirability or undesirability of certain traits in our future offspring. This book explores the numerous factors that shape how such ethical choices are interpreted from the perspective of individual mothers and health care providers, and considers the impact of these factors on personal autonomy and consent to prenatal screening.
Full Product Details
Author: Eleanor Miligan
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Weight: 0.939kg
ISBN: 9781443826488
ISBN 10: 1443826480
Pages: 255
Publication Date: 19 January 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
[T]he turn to narrative in the arts, health care, social sciences and philosophical ethics is a dynamic theme. There is plenty of room for this anthology's contribution to the broader multidisciplinary conversation. Kate Mehuron Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University Metapsychology 15: 25 (2011)
Author Information
Eleanor Milligan is a Clinical Ethicist and Chair of Human Research Ethics Committee at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and Academic Lead in Medical Ethics at Griffith University School of Medicine. She brings a broad multidisciplinary background in bioscience (BSc), education (GradDipEd) and philosophy (BA Hons and PhD) to these roles. Some of her recent publications include: Confessions: Confounding Narrative and Ethics (edited by E. Milligan and E. J. Woodley, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010); ""Creative, Expressive Encounters in Health Ethics Education: Teaching Ethics as Relational Engagement"" (E. Milligan and E. J. Woodley, in Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Volume 21, Issue 2, pp. 131–139, 2009); and ""The Ethics of Prenatal and Genetic Screening"" in Towards Humane Technologies: Biotechnology, New Media and Ethics (edited by N. Sunderland, P. Isaacs, P. Graham and B. McKenna; Sense Publishers, 2008).
