Ethical problems and genetics practice / Michael Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Michael, 1958- author.

Series:

Cambridge bioethics and law ; 19.

Cambridge bioethics and law ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human chromosome abnormalities--Diagnosis--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human chromosome abnormalities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 171 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ethical Problems & Genetics Practice

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice provides a rich, case-based account of the ethical issues arising in the genetics clinic and laboratory. By analysing a wide range of evocative and often arresting cases from practice, Michael Parker provides a compelling insight into the complex moral world of the contemporary genetics professional and the challenges they face in the care of patients and their families. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the ethical issues arising in everyday genetics practice. Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice is also a sustained engagement with the relationships between bioethics and social science. In proposing and exemplifying a new approach to bioethics, it makes a significant contribution to debates on methods and interdisciplinarity and will therefore also appeal to all those concerned with theoretical and methodological approaches to bioethics and social science.

Contents:

Patient in the families

Elective affinities

Reproducting ethics

Multi-professional practices

Moral craft

Methodological reflections.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-36637-8

1-107-23139-6

1-280-64769-8

9786613633743

1-139-37896-1

1-139-10779-8

1-139-37610-1

1-139-37753-1

1-139-37211-4

1-139-38039-7

OCLC:

794327660