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The double-edged helix : social implications of genetics in a diverse society / edited by Joseph S. Alper ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human genetics--Social aspects.
- Human genetics.
- Bioethics.
- Genetic Techniques.
- Genetics, Medical.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethics.
- Genetic Techniques.
- Genetics, Medical.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 293 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- The rapidly changing field of genetics affects society through advances in health-care and through implications of genetic research. This study addresses the impacts of new genetic discoveries and technologies on different segments of today's society. The book begins with a chapter on genetic complexity, and subsequent chapters discuss moral and ethical questions arising from today's genetics from the perspectives of health care professionals, the media, the general public, special interest groups and commercial interests.
- Contents:
- Introduction: perspectives on perspectives / Joseph S. Alper ... [et al.]
- Genetic complexity in human disease and behavior / Joseph S. Alper
- Geneticists in society, society in genetics / Jon Beckwith
- Genetics and behavior in the news: dilemmas of a rising paradigm / Peter Conrad
- Advocacy groups and the new genetics / Alan Stockdale and Sharon F. Terry
- Invisible women: gender, genetics, and reproduction / Susan Markens
- Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion: a challenge to practice and policy / Adrienne Asch
- African American perspectives on genetic testing / Diane Beeson and Troy Duster
- Genetics, race, and ethnicity: searching for differences / Joseph S. Alper and Jon Beckwith
- The origins of homosexuality: no genetic link to social change / William Byne ... [et al.]
- Diversity and complexity in gay/lesbian/bisexual/transsexual responses to the "gay-gene" debates / C. Phoebe Lostroh and Amanda Udis-Kessler
- The commercialization of genetic technologies: raising public awareness / Catherine Ard and Deborah Zucker
- Individual, family, and societal dimensions of genetic discrimination: a case study analysis / Lisa N. Geller ... [et al.]
- Current developments in genetic discrimination / Lisa N. Geller.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801869641
- OCLC:
- 48256876
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