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Genetics and gene therapy/ edited by Sheila A.M. McLean

Contributor(s): McLean, Sheila A.M., edMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: England: Ashgate, 2005Description: xxxi, 535 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780754620556Subject(s): Gene therapy--Moral and ethical aspects | Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects | Genetics--Social aspectsDDC classification: 174.2

Contents:

1. Human genetics : the new panacea? / Julian Kinderlerer and Diane Longley -- 2. Regulation as facilitation : negotiating the genetic revolution / Julia Black -- 3. Whose genome project? / Darryl Macer -- 4. The gene genie : good fairy or wicked witch? / Sheila A.M. McLean -- 5. Procreative liberty in the era of genomics / John A. Robertson -- 6. Beyond "genetic discrimination" : toward the broader harm of geneticism / Susan M. Wolf -- 7. What makes genetic discrimination exceptional? / Deborah Hellman -- 8. Genetic secrets and the family / Dean Bell and Belinda Bennett -- 9. Genetic privacy / Lawrence O. Gostin -- 10. Challenging medical-legal norms : the role of autonomy, confidentiality, and privacy in protecting individual and familial group rights in genetic information / Graeme T. Laurie -- 11. Genetic testing and employee protection / Philippa Gannon and Charlotte Villiers -- 12. Pharmacogenetics : ethical issues and policy options / Allen Buchanan, Andrea Califano, Jeffrey Kahn, Elizabeth McPherson, John Robertson and Baruch Brody -- 13. Beware! : preimplantation genetic diagnosis may solve some old problems but it also raises new ones / Heather Draper and Ruth Chadwick -- 14. Predictive genetic testing for conditions that present in childhood / Lainie Friedman Ross -- 15. Is there a case in favour of predictive genetic testing in young children? / Stephen Robertson and Julian Savulescu -- 16. Inheritable genetic modification and a brave new world : did Huxley have it wrong? / Mark S. Frankel -- 17. Gene therapies and the pursuit of a better human / Sara Goering -- 18. Protecting the endangered human : toward an international treaty prohibiting cloning and inheritable alterations / George J. Annas, Lori B. Andrews and Rosario M. Isasi -- 19. "Goodbye Dolly?" : the ethics of human cloning / John Harris -- 20. Cloning and infertility / Carson Strong -- 21. Should we clone human beings? : cloning as a source of tissue for transplantation / Julian Savulescu -- 22. Going to the roots of the stem cell controversy / Soren Holm -- 23. Stem cells, sex, and procreation / John Harris -- 24. Stem cells, Superman, and the report of the select committee / Roger Brownsword.

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1. Human genetics : the new panacea? / Julian Kinderlerer and Diane Longley --
2. Regulation as facilitation : negotiating the genetic revolution / Julia Black --
3. Whose genome project? / Darryl Macer --
4. The gene genie : good fairy or wicked witch? / Sheila A.M. McLean --
5. Procreative liberty in the era of genomics / John A. Robertson --
6. Beyond "genetic discrimination" : toward the broader harm of geneticism / Susan M. Wolf --
7. What makes genetic discrimination exceptional? / Deborah Hellman --
8. Genetic secrets and the family / Dean Bell and Belinda Bennett --
9. Genetic privacy / Lawrence O. Gostin --
10. Challenging medical-legal norms : the role of autonomy, confidentiality, and privacy in protecting individual and familial group rights in genetic information / Graeme T. Laurie --
11. Genetic testing and employee protection / Philippa Gannon and Charlotte Villiers --
12. Pharmacogenetics : ethical issues and policy options / Allen Buchanan, Andrea Califano, Jeffrey Kahn, Elizabeth McPherson, John Robertson and Baruch Brody --
13. Beware! : preimplantation genetic diagnosis may solve some old problems but it also raises new ones / Heather Draper and Ruth Chadwick --
14. Predictive genetic testing for conditions that present in childhood / Lainie Friedman Ross --
15. Is there a case in favour of predictive genetic testing in young children? / Stephen Robertson and Julian Savulescu --
16. Inheritable genetic modification and a brave new world : did Huxley have it wrong? / Mark S. Frankel --
17. Gene therapies and the pursuit of a better human / Sara Goering --
18. Protecting the endangered human : toward an international treaty prohibiting cloning and inheritable alterations / George J. Annas, Lori B. Andrews and Rosario M. Isasi --
19. "Goodbye Dolly?" : the ethics of human cloning / John Harris --
20. Cloning and infertility / Carson Strong --
21. Should we clone human beings? : cloning as a source of tissue for transplantation / Julian Savulescu --
22. Going to the roots of the stem cell controversy / Soren Holm --
23. Stem cells, sex, and procreation / John Harris --
24. Stem cells, Superman, and the report of the select committee / Roger Brownsword.

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