Genetics and Ethics in Global Perspective
Dorothy Wertz and John Fletcher pioneered the first international study of ethical and social issues in genetics in 18 nations. This book reports and discusses their second and more representative study in 36 nations. The survey focused on actual situations that occur in the practice of medical genetics, presented as case vignettes that can also be used in teaching and policy discussion. Among the issues discussed are privacy, prenatal diagnosis, patient autonomy, directiveness in counseling, sex selection, forensic DNA banking, genetic discrimination, and eugenics. This is Dorothy Wertz's final book, as she died in April, 2003. It is a one o…
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Weitere Autoren: Wertz, Dorothy C.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-1768-1
- EAN: 9781402017681
- Produktnummer: 2714235
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 496 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.0 cm x D3.1 cm 904 g
- Auflage: 2004
- Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 904
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