عنوان

Ethical Issues of Molecular Genetics in Psychiatry

3642764290

9783642764295

b546121

Ethical Issues of Molecular Genetics in Psychiatry

[Book]

edited by Radim J. Srám, Victor Bulyzhenkov, Leonid Prilipko, Yves Christen.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

1991

(x, 177 pages 18 illustrations)

Ethical Issues in Molecular Genetics --;A Single Locus for Psychosis and Intelligence in the Exchange Region of the Sex Chromosomes? --;Molecular Genetic Studies: The Task of Interpretation for Psychiatry --;The Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease and the Ethical Implications for Prevention? --;Some Ethical Aspects of Genetic Approaches to Human Health Care: A Developmental Geneticist's Point of View --;Lessons from an International Survey of Medical Geneticists --;The Use of Prenatal Diagnosis for Psychiatric Diseases --;New Ethical Problems Related to Environmental Pollution and Behavioral Changes in Human Population --;A Molecular Genetic Approach to Neuropsychiatric Disease -Some Technical and Ethical Considerations --;Ethical Aspects of Human Genome Mapping and Sequencing --;Transcultural Problems in the Use of Medical Genetics in Clinical Practice --;Molecular Genetic Research in Psychiatry: Ethical Problems --;Ethical Issues Arising in Molecular Genetics in Developing Countries --;Religious Approaches to the Results of Genetic Research --;Jurisprudence in Genetics --;Ethics, Molecular Genetics, and Psychiatric Disorders.

The dramatic developments in molecular genetics have brought up new ethical challenges. This book presents the discus- sions which emerged from a joint meeting of the Foundation IPSEN and the WHO in Brno, close to the monastery where Gregor Mendel founded the science of genetics, where a number of molecular geneticists, psychiatrists, churchmen, and legal professionals metto consider just these topics.

Medicine.

Neurosciences.

Psychiatry.

edited by Radim J. Srám, Victor Bulyzhenkov, Leonid Prilipko, Yves Christen.

Leonid Prilipko

Radim J Srám

Victor Bulyzhenkov

Yves Christen

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