Dorothy Wertz and John Fletcher pioneered the first international study of ethical and social
issues in genetics in 18 nations. This book reports and discusses their second and more …

This final chapter will discuss these questions: 1) As viewed cross-culturally, what are the
major ethical problems in the practice of human genetics today? What are the major social …

The international Human Genome Project (HGP) will rapidly make genetic information
available on a worldwide scale previously impossible to imagine. All adults have a right, if …

The Human Genome Project and its attendant ethical, legal, and social problems extend
around the world, embracing many different cultures. Although the science is the same, its …

Where in the world are we going with the new genetics? In attempting to answer this
question, this article will first introduce the reader to the new genetics and highlight features …

A first step toward resolving ethical problems in medicine is to discover how clinicians
approach these prob-lems in practice. In a rapidly evolving specialty like medical genetics …

Fueled by rapid advances in the availability of genetic information and the capability to
intervene in response to it, a genetic revolution is now underway that has profound …

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The so-called 'new genetics,'a phrase sometimes associated with The Human Genome
Initiative, poses no really new ethical problems, but exacerbates old ones. The issues of …

Written by four internationally renowned bioethicists, From Chance to Choice is the first
systematic treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the application of genetic …