Andrews Future Perfect

Confronting Decisions About Genetics
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-231-50248-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Andrews offers a new plan for making decisions as individuals and as a society based on emerging issues of ethics and science by providing the first detailed glimpse into how genetic testing can change your self-image, your relationships with loved ones, and your expectations about your children.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrews, Lori

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
1. Genetics Enters Our Lives
2. Competing Frameworks for Genetics Policy
3. The Impact of Genetic Services on Personal Life
4. The Changing Face of Parenthood in the Genetics Era
5. The Impact of Genetic Services on Women, People of Color, and Individuals with Disabilities
6. Problems in the Delivery of Genetic Services
7. The Impact of Genetics on Cultural Value and Social Institutions
8. Which Conceptual Model Best Fits Genetics?
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lori Andrews has been an adviser on genetic and reproductive technology to Congress, the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and several foreign nations including the emirate of Dubai and the French National Assembly. She is the author of nine books, including The Clone Age: Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology. A professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, she is director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology and Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.