Living with the Genome. Ethical and Social Aspects of Human Genetics (Record no. 294513)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781403936219
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 616.042 LIV
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Personal name Angus Clarke [ editor ]
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Title Living with the Genome. Ethical and Social Aspects of Human Genetics
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Palgrave Macmillan
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2006
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Extent xxv, 327 pages ; 25 cm
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction / Angus Clarke -- pt. 1. The human genome project : genetic research and commercialization -- Introduction / Angus Clarke and Flo Ticehurst -- Celera genomics : the race for the human genome sequence / Michael A. Fortun -- Human genome project as a social enterprise / Philip L. Bereano -- Commercialization of human genetic research / Timothy Caulfield -- Patenting of genes : a personal view / Jeremy Rifkin -- Human genome diversity project (HGDP) : impact on indigenous communities / Jonathan Marks -- deCODE and Iceland : a critique / Einar Arnason and Frank Wells -- Informed consent in human genetic research / Philip R. Reilly -- Gene therapy : expectations and results / Paul A. Martin -- pt. 2. Genetic disease : implications for individuals, families and populations -- introduction / Angus Clarke and Flo Ticehurst -- Genetic counseling : psychological issues / Barbara B. Biesecker -- Genetic testing of children / Annie Procter -- Genetic risk / Lindsay Prior -- Genetic susceptibility / Carol Emslie and Kate Hunt -- Thrifty gene hypothesis : challenges / Robyn McDermott -- Carrier screening for inherited hemoglobin disorders in Cyprus and the United Kingdom / Bernadette Modell -- Carrier screening of adolescents in Montreal / Charles R. Scriver and John J. Mitchell -- pt. 3. Disability, genetics and eugenics -- Introduction / Angus Clarke and Flo Ticehurst -- Nazi movement and eugenics / Paul Weindling -- Eugenics : contemporary echoes / Troy Duster -- China : the maternal and infant health care law / Sun-Wei Guo -- Disability, human rights and contemporary genetics / Tom Shakespeare -- Mentally handicapped in Britain : sexuality and procreation / Jane McCarthy, Valerie Sinason and Sheila Hollins -- pt. 4. Genetics and society : information, interpretation and representation -- Introduction / Angus Clarke and Flo Ticehurst -- Gene as a cultural icon / Dorothy Nelkin. Heredity : lay understanding / Martin P.M. Richards -- Inheritance and society / Paul Atkinson, Aditya Bharadwaj and Katie Featherstone -- Privacy and genetic information / Veronica English and Ann Sommerville -- Insurance and genetic information / Tony McGleenan -- 'Race', IQ and genes / Jon Beckwith and Joseph S. Alper -- Criminal responsibility and genetics / Jennifer Bostock and Gwen Adshead -- pt. 5. Genetic explanations : understanding origins and outcomes -- Introduction / Angus Clarke and Flo Ticehurst -- Genetics as explanation : limits to the human genome project / Irun R. Cohen and Henri Atlan -- Darwin and the idea of natural selection / Gabriel Dover -- Sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, and genetics / Patrick Bateson -- Creationism / Michael Ruse -- Genetics, reductionism and autopoiesis / Steven P.R. Rose -- Personal identity : genetics and determinism / Ruth Chadwick -- Racism, ethnicity, biology and society / Hannah Bradby -- pt. 6. Reproduction, cloning and the future -- Introduction / Angus Clarke and Flo Ticehurst -- In vitro fertilization : regulation / Derek Morgan and Mary Ford -- Reproductive choice / John Harris -- Feminist perspectives on human genetics and reproductive technologies / Donna L. Dickenson -- Sex selection / Dena S. Davis -- Dolly and polly / Alan Petersen -- Cloning of animals in genetic research : ethical and religious issues / Andrew Linzey and Ara Barsam -- Distributive justice and genetics / Colin Farrelly -- Reprogenetics : visions of the future / Regine Kollek.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book brings us up to date with important contributions from the authoritative Encyclopedia of the Human Genome on the ethical, legal and social aspects of the genome enterprise.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Human Genome Project -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human Genome Project -- Social aspects. Human Genome Project.
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 01/09/2015   616.042 LIV DCB1135 01/09/2015 19/07/2019 Book