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Living with the Genome. Ethical and Social Aspects of Human Genetics

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York Palgrave Macmillan 2006Description: xxv, 327 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781403936219
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.042 LIV
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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