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Informationen zum Autor Sheila A.M. McLean is from the University of Glasgow! Scotland. Zusammenfassung This book shows just how wide-ranging concern has become, ranging from regulation to cloning, with the fear of discrimination in between. Part One begins with a range of general discussions of about the genetic enterprise followed by consideration of specific questions. Part Two then addresses cutting edge debates in genetics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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This book shows just how wide-ranging concern has become, ranging from regulation to cloning, with the fear of discrimination in between. Part One begins with a range of general discussions of about the genetic enterprise followed by consideration of specific questions. Part Two then addresses cutting edge debates in genetics.
