Genetic Information

Acquisition, Access, and Control

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Special reference is given in this volume to the implications of genetic information for five different subject areas: eugenics, the insurance industry, the commer cialisation of genetic testing, strategies for raising public awareness, and the value of theo retical ethical and sociological frameworks in the debate.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-03-10
Mått:155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:534 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781475771787

Utforska kategorier

Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Medicinsk genetik inom Medicin
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Innehållsförteckning

Eugenics.- Can We Learn From Eugenics?.- Preventing Genetic Impairments.- Genetics and Insurance.- Private Parties, Public Duties?.- Coercion, Control, and Consequence in Genetic Testing.- Genetic Testing and Adverse Selection in the Market for Life Insurance.- Genetic Engineering and German Health Insurances.- Selling Souls.- The Commercialization of Genetic Information.- The Ethics of 21st Century Bioinformatics.- There is Nothing Special about Genetic Information.- High Speed Genetic Testing Technology and the Computerization of the Medical Record.- Ethical Questions in the Pursuit of Genetic Information.- The Ethics of Gene Patenting.- Paradigms of Author/Creator Property Rights in Intellectual Property Law.- Regulating the Commercialization of Human Genetics.- Ethical Impacts of Human Health-Related Biotechnology in Brazil.- Public Awareness.- Adolescents and Carrier Testing.- Down’s Syndrome Screening.- Public Perspectives of the New Genetics.- Genetics and Journalism.- Theoretical Concerns.- Genetic Information and “genetic Identity”.- Genetic Information and Knowing When You Will Die.- Influences of Genetic Testing on A Person’s Freedom.- Genetic Knowledge.- Germ-Line Gene Therapy.- Negotiating the Dilemmas of Prenatal Testing for Genetic Disorders.- Genetic Information.- Genetic Knowledge in a Just Society.- Biotechnology, Genetic Information, and Community.- Linear Destiny and Geometric Fate.- A New Framework for the Use of Genetic Information.