Genetic Responsibility: On Choosing Our Children's Genes

ISBN-13: 9781468421200 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str.

Mack Lipkin

Opis

The "Genetics, Man, and Society" symposium was a collaborative effort of the Task Force on Genetics and Reproduction at Yale University and the Youth Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (A.

Spis treści

I. Progress and Problems in Medical Genetics.- Medical Genetics: Progress and Problems.- Genetic Evaluation of the Human Fetus in Utero: Present and Future Perspectives.- In Vitro Fertilization and its Uses in Animals and Man.- Progress in Medical Genetics: Legal Problems.- Discussion.- II. Counseling and Screening: Choosing Our Children’s Genes.- Choosing My Children’s Genes: Genetic Counseling.- Genetic Counseling: Some Psychological Considerations.- Down’s Syndrome in the Family: A Personal Perspective.- The Right to Choose or To Ignore.- Discussion.- III. Choosing Our Children’s Genes: Impact on Society.- The Moral Threat of Personal Medicine.- Genetics, Choice and Society.- Choosing Our Children’s Genes.- Ethical Issues in Genetic Choices.- Discussion.- IV. How can Society’s Decision-Making Institutions be Made to Face the Long-Term Consequences of Individual Genetic Choices?.- Societal Mechanisms to Cope with the Application of Advances in the New Biology.- The Regulation of Genetic Engineering.- Judicial Roles in Genetic Decision-Making.- Congressional Interest in the Ethical Problems of Biomedical Technology.- Discussion.- V. Editors’ Perspective.- Choosing Our Children’s Genes: On the Need to Learn How People Choose.- VI. Suggestions for Further Reading.- Contributors.- Discussants.