The Moral, Social, and Commercial Imperatives of Genetic Testing and Screening

The Australian Case

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Paperback, 270 blz. | Engels
Springer Netherlands | 0e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9789048171545
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Springer Netherlands 0e druk, 2010 9789048171545
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In the past people were classified as being healthy or sick. With genetic testing and screening, adults might be healthy, predisposed to an illness, probably at risk, at risk, or carriers of certain risks. Genetic testing and screening hits another dramatic note when cells and embryos are tested and subsequently altered to hit targets of perfection. This insightful book combines theory and social practice, drawing on a range of disciplines and presenting contrasting viewpoints.

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ISBN13:9789048171545
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:270
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:0

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Contributors. About This Book.
Part I: POSITIONING. 1. From Freedom to Destiny? On Human Nature and Liberal Eugenics in the Age of Genetic Manipulation; M. Betta. 2. Diagnostic Knowledge in the Genetic Economy and Commerce; M. Betta.
Part II: THE AUSTRALIAN CASE. 3. Body Talk: Genetic Screening as a Device of Crime Regulation; R. Hil, R. Hindmarsh. 4. Genetic Testing and Human Genetic Databases; A.H. Gesche. 5. The Imperative of the ‘New Genetics’: Challenge for Ethics, Law and Social Policy; D. Weisbrot. 6. Insurance and Genetics: Regulating a Private Market in the Public Interest; D. Weisbrot, B. Opeskin. 7. The Social Imperative for Community Genetic Screening: An Australian Perspective; M.A. Aitken, S. Metcalfe. 8. Genetically Transformed Healthcare: Healthy Children and Parents; E. Palombo, M. Bhave. 9. The Australian Unions and the Inquiry into Genetic Testing in the Workplace; S. Pennicuik. 10. Genetic Information and the Australian Labour Movement; S. Jamieson. 11. Protecting the Vulnerable: Genetic Testing and Screening for Parentage, Immigration and Aboriginality; A.H. Gesche. 12. Essentially Whose? Genetic Testing and the Ownership of Genetic Information; L. Turney.
Part III: FUTURE PERSPECTIVE. 13. Self-Knowledge and Self-Care in the Age of Genetic Manipulation; M. Betta.
Part IV: CONCLUSION.
Index.

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