Genetic Counselling

Practice and Principles
Herausgeber: Clarke, Angus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the social and ethical issues raised in genetic counselling, testing and screening. With equal emphasis on principle and practice, contributions are drawn from the fields of social science, philosophy, and law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780415082570
• ISBN-10: 0415082579
• Artikelnr.: 45327016

Autorenporträt

Angus Clarke

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Genetic Counselling: A Medical Perspective Caroline Berry
2. Genetic Counselling: A Nurse's Perspective Ann Williams 3. Predictive
Testing of Adults and Children David Ball, Audrey Taylor, Peter Harper 4.
Ethical Issues in Newborn Screening for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: The
Question of Informed Consent Evelyn Parsons^ and Don Bradley 5. Termination
of a Second Trimester Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality: Psycho-Social
Aspects Margaretha White-van Mourik 6. Lessons from a Dark and Distant Past
Benno Muller-Hill 7. Prenatal Genetic Testing and Screening: Constructing
Needs and Reinforcing Inequities Abby Lippman 8. Medical Genetics and
Mental Handicap Lydia Sinclair and Matthew Griffiths 9. The Rights and
Interests of Children and Those with a Mental Handicap Jonathan Montgomery
10. Confidentiality in Genetic Counselling Paula Boddington 11. Genetic
Reductionism and Medical Genetic Practice Maureen Ramsay