Ethics and human genetics : a cross-cultural perspective

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Ethics and human genetics : a cross-cultural perspective

Dorothy C. Wertz, John C. Fletcher (eds.)

Springer-Verlag, c1989

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Includes bibliographies and index

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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.

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