Genetics and ethics in global perspective
By: by Dorothy C. Wertz and John C. Fletcher.
Series: International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ;; v. 17
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Kluwer Academic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
Subjects: Human genetics -- Social aspects; Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical genetics -- Social aspects; Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects; Genetics, Medical -- ethics; Bioethical Issues; Cross-Cultural Comparison
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The 36-Nation Survey; title: 2. Global inequity; title: 3. The rise of autonomy; title: 4. Counseling: directive and nondirective; title: 5. Is modern genetics eugenics?; title: 6. Genetics as a family affair; title: 7. Privacy, discrimination, and public health; title: 8. The geography of ethical reasoning; title: 9. Geneticists speak out: culture, ethics, and history; title: 10. Organization of genetic services; title: 11. Laws affecting genetic services; title: 12. China: views of a bioethicist; title: 13. China: views of a geneticist; title: 14. Germany; title: 15. Hungarian TV viewers' responses; title: 16. India; title: 17. Japan; title: 18. Peru; title: 19. From genetics to genomics and beyond; title: 20. Moral priorities, cases and practices in medical genetics.