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Author:

Wertz, Dorothy C.

Title:

Genetics and ethics in global perspective / by Dorothy C. Wertz and John C. Fletcher.

Publisher:

Kluwer Academic,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 474 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Human genetics--Social aspects.
Human genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical genetics--Social aspects.
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Other Authors:

Fletcher, John C.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. The 26-Nation Survey -- 2. Global inequity -- 3. The rise of autonomy -- 4. Counseling: directive and nondirective -- 5. Is modern genetics eugenics? -- 6. Genetics as a family affair -- 7. Privacy, discrimination, and public health -- 8. The geography of ethical reasoning -- 9. Geneticists speak out: culture, ethics, and history -- 10. Organization of genetic services -- 11. Laws affecting genetic services -- 12. China: views of a bioethicist -- 13. China: views of a geneticist -- 14. Germany -- 15. Hungarian TV viewers' responses -- 16. India -- 17. Japan -- 18. Peru -- 19. From genetics to genomics and beyond -- 20. Moral priorities, cases and practices in medical genetics.

Series:

International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 17

ISBN:

9781402017681 (hd. bd.)
1402017685 (hd. bd.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54610942

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)