Ethical issues of molecular genetics in psychiatry
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Ethical issues of molecular genetics in psychiatry
Springer-Verlag, c1991
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Based on an international conference held in Brno, Czechoslovakia, June 11-12, 1990, organized by the WHO Division of Mental Health, in collaboration with the IPSEN Foundation
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Recent developments in molecular genetics have brought up new ethical challenges. Questions arise from the discovery of new markers or genes related to mental disease, or in decision-making with regards to abortion. Genetic therapy itself must be considered, as well as the problems it poses. This volume presents the discussions which emerged from a joint meeting of the IPSEN Foundation and the World Health Organization, when a number of molecular geneticists, psychiatrists, churchmen and legal professionals met to consider these ethical issues.
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