The new genetics : from research into health care : social and ethical implications for users and providers /

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Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1999.
Description:x, 169 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4017840
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Other authors / contributors:Nippert, Irmgard.
Neitzel, Heidemarie.
Wolff, G. (Gerhard)
ISBN:354065920X (softcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The New Genetics: Social and Ethical from Research into Health Care - Implications for Users and Providers / I. Nippert, H. Neitzel and G. Wolff
  • Opening Address / K. Sperling
  • Americans' Attitudes toward Informed Consent for Breast Cancer Susceptibility Testing: Questions for Cross-Cultural Research / G. Geller
  • Nondirectiveness - Facts, Fiction, and Future Prospects / G. Wolff
  • Predictive Genetic Tests: Destiny or Danger? / N. A. Holtzmann
  • Genetic Services in Europe - Primary Care Genetics Is a Priority for Health Care Systems / R. Harris, H. J. Harris and J. A. Raeburn
  • Education in Genetics / J. Schmidtke
  • Genesis, Compulsions, Acceptability, and Future of Pre-Natal Sex-Selection in India / J. R. Singh
  • Ethics and Genetics in International Perspective: Results of a Survey / D. C. Wertz
  • Consensus and Variation among Medical Geneticists and Patients on the Provision of the New Genetics in Germany - Data from the 1994-1996 Survey among Medical Geneticists and Patients / I. Nippert and G. Wolff
  • The Case for Proposed International Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics / J. Fletcher and D. C. Wertz
  • Statement on CF-Heterozygote Testing / S. Kruip
  • The Patients' Perspective on the Provision of Genetic Testing / A. Kent
  • The European Alliance of Genetic Support Groups, Their Ethical Code and the Provision of Genetic Services / Y. Poortman
  • What Could a Balance Look Like between Individual Autonomy and Society's Need to Regulate? / W.-M. Catenhusen
  • New Genetics, New Ethics? / M. Kettner
  • App. Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics and the Provision of Genetic Services / D. C. Wertz.