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Ethics and Human Genetics

A Cross-Cultural Perspective

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Dorothy C. Wertz

    1. Health Services Section, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA

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  2. John C. Fletcher

    1. Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXX
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  2. The 19-Nation Survey; Genetics and Ethics Around the World

    • Dorothy C. Wertz, John C. Fletcher
    Pages 1-79

  3. Preface to Part 2

    • Dorothy C. Wertz, John C. Fletcher
    Pages 80-80

  4. Standard Outline for Each Nation (2.1–2.19)

    • J. G. Rogers, A. M. Taylor, F. M. Salzano, S. D. J. Pena, D. J. Roy, J. G. Hall et al.
    Pages 81-456

  5. Ethics and Human Genetics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

    • J. C. Fletcher
    Pages 457-490

  6. About the Authors

    • Dorothy C. Wertz, John C. Fletcher
    Pages 491-502

  7. Appendix: Survey Questionnaire

    • Dorothy C. Wertz, John C. Fletcher
    Pages 503-523

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 525-536
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Health Services Section, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA

    Dorothy C. Wertz

  • Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA

    John C. Fletcher

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ethics and Human Genetics

  • Book Subtitle: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

  • Editors: Dorothy C. Wertz, John C. Fletcher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73656-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-73658-2Published: 13 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-73656-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 536

  • Topics: Human Genetics

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