The troubled helix. Social and psycological implications of the new human genetics
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
The availability of increasingly sophisticated information on our genetic makeup presents individuals, and society as a whole, with difficult decisions. Although it is hoped that these advances will ultimately lead the way to the effective treatment ...
Read more- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521586122
- ISBN10 0521586127
- Type BOOK
- Pages 359
- Published 1999
- Bookbinding Rustic
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History And Philosophy Of ScienceThe troubled helix. Social and psycological implications of the new human genetics
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
The availability of increasingly sophisticated information on our genetic makeup presents individuals, and society as a whole, with difficult decisions. Although it is hoped that these advances will ultimately lead the way to the effective treatment ...
Mainland Spain
Book details
The availability of increasingly sophisticated information on our genetic makeup presents individuals, and society as a whole, with difficult decisions. Although it is hoped that these advances will ultimately lead the way to the effective treatment and screening of all diseases with a genetic component, at present many individuals agonize over the knowledge that they have or will develop an incurable genetic disease. This book explores and surveys these issues from a variety of perspectives: from personal accounts of individuals coping with the threat of genetic disease, to those of clinicians and scientists, and those concerned with the psychosocial, legal and ethical aspects.