Genetic Information Acquisition, Access, and Control

by Chadwick, Ruth F. Thompson, Alison K.

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This diverse collection of papers attempts to critically address and discuss issues surrounding the control of, and access to, genetic information from ethical, medical, legal and theoretical points of view. Special reference is made to the implications of genetic information for eugenics, the insurance industry, commercialization of genetic testing, strategies for raising public awareness and the value of theoretical, ethical and sociological frameworks in the debate.

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Full title :Genetic Information Acquisition, Access, and Control.

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Publication Date:1999.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Language:eng
Publication Date:1999.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (331 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:128095633X, 9781280956331, 9780306460524, 0306460521, 9780585345864, 0585345864
DOI:10.1007/b102404
oclc:ocn814504349
LC Classification:K3611
Dewey Decimal:344.04196

Eugenics -- Can We Learn From Eugenics? -- Preventing Genetic Impairments -- Genetics and Insurance -- Private Parties, Public Duties? -- Coercion, Control, and Consequence in Genetic Testing -- Genetic Testing and Adverse Selection in the Market for Life Insurance -- Genetic Engineering and German Health Insurances -- Selling Souls -- The Commercialization of Genetic Information -- The Ethics of 21st Century Bioinformatics -- There is Nothing Special about Genetic Information -- High Speed Genetic Testing Technology and the Computerization of the Medical Record -- Ethical Questions in the Pursuit of Genetic Information -- The Ethics of Gene Patenting -- Paradigms of Author/Creator Property Rights in Intellectual Property Law -- Regulating the Commercialization of Human Genetics -- Ethical Impacts of Human Health-Related Biotechnology in Brazil -- Public Awareness -- Adolescents and Carrier Testing -- Down's Syndrome Screening -- Public Perspectives of the New Genetics -- Genetics and Journalism -- Theoretical Concerns -- Genetic Information and "genetic Identity" -- Genetic Information and Knowing When You Will Die -- Influences of Genetic Testing on A Person's Freedom -- Genetic…

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assurance-maladie Commerce Dépistage génétique Ethics ethics (philosophy) Ethics, Medical Éthique médicale Genetic engineering -- Law and legislat… Genetic screening Genetic Techniques Genetic Testing Genetics -- Technique Génétique -- Technique Génétique humaine Génétique humaine -- Aspect moral Human genetics Human genetics -- Moral and ethical asp… Insurance, Health LAW -- Medical Law & Legislation Médecine