Genetic information : acquisition, access, and control / edited by Alison K. Thompson and Ruth F. Chadwick.
This diverse collection of papers attempts to address and discuss critically issues surrounding the control of, and access to, genetic information from ethical, medical, legal and theoretical points of view. Special reference is made to the implications of genetic information for eugenics, the insur...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
[1999]
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| Online Access: | EBSCO eBooks |
| Summary: | This diverse collection of papers attempts to address and discuss critically issues surrounding the control of, and access to, genetic information from ethical, medical, legal and theoretical points of view. Special reference is made to the implications of genetic information for eugenics, the insurance industry, commercialisation of genetic testing, strategies for raising public awareness and the value of theoretical, ethical and socialogical frameworks in the debate. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 335 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585345864 128095633X 9780585345864 9781280956331 |