World Humanism: Cross-Cultural Perspecti
โ Shiban Khan, Wolfgang Amann (eds.)
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2013
๐ Palgrave Macmillan UK
๐ English
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Ethics and Human Genetics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
โ Scribed by Dorothy C. Wertz Ph.D., John C. Fletcher Ph.D. (auth.), Dorothy C. Wertz Ph.D., John C. Fletcher Ph.D. (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 563
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
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.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages I-XXX
The 19-Nation Survey; Genetics and Ethics Around the World....Pages 1-79
Preface to Part 2....Pages 80-80
Standard Outline for Each Nation (2.1โ2.19)....Pages 81-456
Ethics and Human Genetics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective....Pages 457-490
About the Authors....Pages 491-502
Appendix: Survey Questionnaire....Pages 503-523
Back Matter....Pages 525-536
โฆ Subjects
Human Genetics
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