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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830781603321

Titolo

Human genetic information [[electronic resource] ] : science, law and ethics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1990

ISBN

1-282-34764-0

9786612347641

0-470-51390-X

0-470-51391-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 149

Disciplina

573.2

Soggetti

Medical genetics - Social aspects

Human genetics - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Human Genetic Information: Science, Law, and Ethics, held in collaboration with the Akademische Kommission der Universität Bern ... Bern, Switzerland, 20-22 June 1989"--P. v.

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

HUMAN GENETIC INFORMATION : SCIENCE, LAW AND ETHICS; Contents; Introduction; Thc human genome: the nature of the enterprise; Prenatal diagnosis: current approaches and future trends; The use of genetic markers for personal identification and the analysis of family relationships; Recent advances in the genetics of psychiatric disorder; The problem of polygenic disease; Limits to genetic intervention in humans: somatic and germline; Who has the right to know thc genetic constitution of a particular person?; Human genetic information: the legal implications

Commercial exploitation of the human genome: what are the problems?Religious aspects of human genetic information; Who might I have been?; Human genome analysis and the concept of human nature; Summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

As part of a continuing effort to tackle issues of major social concern, this 280th conference of internationally recognized experts from the fields of molecular biology, medicine, philosophy, theology, and the



law looks into the scientific, legal, ethical, social, and economic issues confronting man and his ability to map and sequence the human genome. A wide variety of subjects are covered, including prenatal diagnosis, advances in the genetics of psychiatric disorders, the problems associated with polygenic disease, and the limits to genetic intervention in humans. The symposium also discus