About this book
Introduction
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.
Keywords
ethics genetics human genetics prenatal diagnosis
Editors and affiliations
- Dorothy C. Wertz
- John C. Fletcher
- 1.Health Services SectionBoston University School of Public HealthBostonUSA
- 2.Department of MedicineUniversity of Virginia School of MedicineCharlottesvilleUSA
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