عنوان

Ethics and Human Genetics :

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3642736564

(Number (ISBN

3642736580

(Number (ISBN

9783642736568

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9783642736582

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b543928

Title Proper

Ethics and Human Genetics :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a Cross-Cultural Perspective

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Dorothy C. Wertz, John C. Fletcher.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1989

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(XXX, 536 pages 2 illustrations)

Text of Note

1. The 19-Nation Survey: Genetics and Ethics Around the World (DC Wertz) --;1.1 Rationale --;1.2 Methods --;1.3 Results: Choices of Action --;1.4 Comparisons Within Cultural/Linguistic Groups --;1.5 Developing Nations --;1.6 Gender Differences --;1.7 Values and Ethical Reasoning --;1.8 Conclusion --;Preface to Part 2 --;Standard Outline for each Nation (2.1-2.19) --;2.1 Australia --;2.2 Brazil --;2.3 Canada --;2.4 Denmark --;2.5 Federal Republic of Germany --;2.6 France --;2.7 German Democratic Republic --;2.8 Greece --;2.9 Hungary --;2.10 India --;2.11 Israel --;2.12 Italy --;2.13 Japan --;2.14 Norway --;2.15 Sweden --;2.16 Switzerland --;2.17 Turkey --;2.18 United Kingdom --;2.19 United States --;3 Ethics and Human Genetics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective --;4 About the Authors --;5 Appendix: Survey Questionnaire --;6 Subject Index.

Text of Note

Based in part on a survey of ethical decision-marking among 682 medical geneticists worldwide, this book includes a chapter authored by a geneticistand an ethicist in 19 nations, 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.

Human genetics.

Medicine.

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Book number

edited by Dorothy C. Wertz, John C. Fletcher.

Dorothy C Wertz

John C Fletcher

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[Book]

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