Ethics and Human Genetics

Wertz, Dorothy

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Author
Wertz, Dorothy
Publish Date
07/01/1989
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
SPRNGER
Number of Pages
536
ISBN-10
0387192247
ISBN-13
9780387192246
SKU
9780387192246

Description

Based in part on a survey of ethical decision-marking among682 medical geneticists worldwide, this book includes a chapter authored by a geneticistand an ethicist in 19nations, describing genetic services, counselling,screening, prenatal diagnosis, and major ethical problems and social controversies faced by geneticists. The concluding chapter describes ethical and policy issues that exist worldwide, and offerssome possible resolutions.