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Genetic Responsibility

On Choosing Our Children’s Genes

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  • © 1974

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Editors:
  1. Mack Lipkin

    1. Department of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics and Division of Genetics, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, USA

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  2. Peter T. Rowley

    1. Department of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics and Division of Genetics, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Progress and Problems in Medical Genetics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Medical Genetics: Progress and Problems

      • Leon E. Rosenberg
      Pages 3-9

    3. Genetic Evaluation of the Human Fetus in Utero: Present and Future Perspectives

      • Michael M. Kaback
      Pages 11-16

    4. In Vitro Fertilization and its Uses in Animals and Man

      • Benjamin G. Brackett
      Pages 17-24

    5. Progress in Medical Genetics: Legal Problems

      • Irving Ladimer
      Pages 25-40

  3. Counseling and Screening: Choosing Our Children’s Genes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Choosing My Children’s Genes: Genetic Counseling

      • Y. Edward Hsia
      Pages 43-59

    3. Genetic Counseling: Some Psychological Considerations

      • James R. Sorenson
      Pages 61-67

    4. Down’s Syndrome in the Family: A Personal Perspective

      • Hubert H. Humphrey
      Pages 69-70

    5. The Right to Choose or to Ignore

      • Harvey Bender
      Pages 71-82

  4. Choosing Our Children’s Genes: Impact on Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. The Moral Threat of Personal Medicine

      • Garrett Hardin
      Pages 85-91

    3. Genetics, Choice and Society

      • John Fletcher
      Pages 93-100

    4. Choosing our Children’s Genes

      • Thomas C. Schelling
      Pages 101-110

    5. Ethical Issues in Genetic Choices

      • Roger L. Shinn
      Pages 111-124

  5. How can Society’s Decision-Making Institutions be Made to Face the Long-Term Consequences of Individual Genetic Choices?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Societal Mechanisms to Cope with the New Genetics

      • Robert E. Cooke
      Pages 127-135

    3. The Regulation of Genetic Engineering

      • Stephen Breyer, Richard Zeckhauser
      Pages 137-143

    4. Judicial Roles in Genetic Decision Making

      • Daniel M. Singer
      Pages 145-148
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About this book

The "Genetics, Man, and Society" symposium was a collaborative effort of the Task Force on Genetics and Reproduction at Yale University and the Youth Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (A. A. A. S. ). The Task Force on Genetics and Reproduction at Yale is a voluntary, inter-professional organization engaged in examination of ethical and social implications of medical and basic genetics. It is similar in purpose to the Hastings Institute of Society, Ethics, and Life Sciences and the Kennedy Center for the Study of Bioethics at Georgetown. The Youth Council of A. A. A. S. was a committee of the A. A. A. S. concerned with problems of young persons. The Youth Council had significant impact on the A. A. A. S. through the constitutional reform and a number of innovative programs including the Congressional Fellows and Regional Centers Program, and the Committees on Minorities and Women. The symposium was initially conceived by William Drayton and Richard A. Tropp and was arranged by us. The Task Force took primary responsibility for format and for selecting and inviting speakers. The Youth Council made the arrangements, raised the necessary funds and represented the organizers for post-symposium use of the materials including printed and taped publications. This volume contains the edited proceedings of the symposium plus the editors' perspective on it.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics and Division of Genetics, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, USA

    Mack Lipkin, Peter T. Rowley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetic Responsibility

  • Book Subtitle: On Choosing Our Children’s Genes

  • Editors: Mack Lipkin, Peter T. Rowley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2118-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2120-0Published: 22 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2118-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 176

  • Topics: Human Genetics

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