Genetics and the Law II

ISBN-13: 9781461330806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 480 str.

Milunsky

Opis

The law is a mandate and a mirror; it both commands and reflects. It should not come as a shock that scientists and physicians often prefer the mirror at times when society seems to be demanding a mandate. This may be especially true in the rapidly advancing field of medical genetics, where recent discoveries leading to potentially startling applications have raised old questions of law in a new light. Nevertheless, we believe that in general the conflict between the law and science, as illustrated in the field of genetics, is embroi dered with exaggeration. The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren Burger, has noted that "the prime function of the law is to protect basic human values--individual human values--sometimes even at the expense of scientific progress"; and that "it is not the function of the law to keep pace with science." While both of these statements are true as far as they go, we believe the law must make an affirmative effort to anticipate scientific developments so that those beneficial to society can be nurtured rather than stultified. It was to nurture cooperation and understanding that we brought together a distinguished faculty of internationally known experts on law and genetics to discuss their fields in 1975."

Spis treści

Government Control of Science.- 1 ? Three Specters: Dangerous Products, Powers, or Ideas.- 2 ? Research and Regulation.- Discussion (papers of Davis and Stetten).- 3 ? Ethical Issues in the Control of Science.- Discussion.- 4 ? The Scientist’s Right to Research and the Legitimacy of Governmental Regulation.- Discussion.- 5 ? Public Control of Genetic Research.- Discussion.- 6 ? On Mandating Diagnostic Practices.- Discussion.- Genetic Counseling and Screening.- 7 ? Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis and the Law.- 8 ? The Legal Obligations of Genetic Counselors.- Discussion (papers of Milunsky and Healey).- 9 ? The Continuing Wrong of “Wrongful Life”.- Discussion.- 10 ? The Law and Operation of Genetic Screening Programs.- Discussion.- 11 ? Disclosure and Consent: In Search of their Roots.- Discussion.- 12 ? Knowledge, Risk, and the Right to Reproduce: A Limiting Principle.- Discussion.- Ethics, Eugenics, Law, and Society.- 13 ? Euthanasia Decisions in the Courts: The Post-Saikewicz Experience.- 14 ? Doctors, Decisions, and the Law.- 15 ? Conversation with Silent Patients.- Discussion (papers of Baron, Relman, and Burt).- 16 ? Prolonging Living and Prolonging Dying: A Distinction that is not Decisive.- 17 ? Ethics and the Costs of Dying.- Discussion (papers of Veatch and Fletcher).- 18 ? Recent Developments in Abortion Law.- Law and the Control of Genetic Disease.- 19 ? The Potential Plaintiff: Preconception and Prenatal Torts.- Discussion.- 20 Governmental Responsibilities in Genetic Diseases.- Discussion.- 21 ? Public Participation in Genetic Policymaking: The Maryland Commission on Hereditary Disorders.- Discussion.- 22 ? Sex and the Single Chromosome: Rights and Obligations in the Uses of Genetic Technology.- Discussion.- 23 ? Genetics, Adoption, and the Law.- Discussion.- 24 ? Genetic Technology and the Solution of Crime: Forensic Genetics.- Discussion.- Genetics and Family Law.- 25 ? Public Attitudes Toward the Handicapped.- Discussion.- 26 ? Developments in the Right to Treatment.- 27 ? “Will the Circle be Unbroken?”: Sterilizing the Genetically Impaired.- Discussion.- 28 Fathers Anonymous: Beyond the Best Interests of the Sperm Donor.- Discussion.- 29 ? Current Status of in Vitro Fertilization and Reimplantation.- 30 Legal Implications and Regulation of in Vitro Fertilization.- Discussion (papers of Taymor and Katz).- Genetics, Law, and Environmental Mutagens/Teratogens.- 31 ? Issues in Human Mutagenesis and Teratogenesis.- Discussion.- 32 ? Controlling Environmental Mutagens: Through Market Incentives or State Action?.- Discussion.- 33 ? Legal Regulation of Environmental Risk.- 34 ? Contamination of Breast Milk: A Clinical and Ethical Dilemma.- Discussion.- 35 ? Regulatory Policy for Mutagens and Teratogens.- 36 ? Developing a Government Policy for the Regulation of Environmental Mutagens and Teratogens: Shopping at the Grand Bazaar.- Discussion (papers of Ashford and Halbert).- Bibliography of Selected Recent Books in Bioethics.- Selected Recent Bibliography.- Government Control of Science and Human Experimentation.- Genetic Counseling and Screening.- Genetics and Family Law.- Bioethics.- Genetics and Environmental Mutagens; Related Topics.- Miscellaneous Bibliography.