Genetics in human reproduction. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Elisabeth Hildt and Sigrid Graumann.
• Editors: Hildt, Elisabeth; Graumann, Sigrid
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part One: Medical and scientific view; 1 Clinical experience with PID and ICSI; 2 The various micromanipulative procedures: State of the art, chances, and risks; 3 The relation between ICSI and genetic diagnosis from an ethical point of view; 4 Modification of IVF application and access to IVF services by PID?; 5 Examples for possible PID indications -- scientific background and reflections on effects 6 Should there be a uniform list of genetic diseases allowing access to PID?7 Nuclear transplantation -- medical and ethical aspects; Part Two: Personal interests and moral implications; 1 Ethics of preimplantation genetic diagnosis; 2 Preimplantation diagnosis. A reflection in light of a personalist ethics; 3 Ethical aspects of germline gene therapy; 4 'Quality control' in reproduction -- what can it mean, what should it mean?; 5 Does gene therapy have ethically problematic effects on identity?; Part Three: Moral rights and duties 1 Does PID solve the moral problems of prenatal diagnosis? A rights analysis2 Ethics of Research on Human Embryos; 3 Categorical arguments -- Pro life versus pro choice?; 4 Selection through prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation diagnosis; Part Four: Social concepts and moral implications; 1 Eugenics comes back with medically assisted procreation; 2 Germline gene 'therapy': Public opinions with regard to eugenics; 3 Predictive genetic medicine -- a new concept of disease; 4 Animal Models: an anthropologist considers Dolly 5 Issues surrounding preimplantation diagnosis and germline gene therapy6 Beside the point -- reflections on passivity; Part Five: Choices and decision making; 1 What claims can be based on the desire for a healthy child? Towards an ethics of 'informed desires'; 2 The European Alliance of Genetic Support Groups; 3 Some reflections on the use of the term 'prevention' in reproductive medicine; 4 Preimplantation diagnosis -- implications for genetic counselling; Part Six: Health care, justice and regulation; 1 Legal regulations concerning preimplantation diagnosis 2 Reproductive technology and the slippery slope argument: A message in Blood3 Measuring the benefits of IVF; 4 Justice and preimplantation diagnosis; 5 The role of ethics codes in medicine -- how can they be helpful in making decisions?; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume)
• Subjects: 176; Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects; HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics; Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects; Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429456619; 0429456611; 9780429852268; 0429852266; 9780429852251; 0429852258; 9780429852244
• Related ISBNs: 042985224X; 1138314978; 9781138314979
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.