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Regulating Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis.
The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990. The technology is often used for patients who are at substantial risk of conceiving a pregnancy affected by a known genetic disorder, however from this technology other more...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Biomedical law and ethics library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis: safely born but not designed
- The weak moral basis for strong PGD regulation
- PGD and the making of the 'genetic embryo' as a political tool
- Statutory regulation of PGD in the UK: unintended consequences and future challenges
- The welfare of the child principle and the use of PGD: selecting for disability
- Regulating abortion and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia: comparing and contrasting regulative approaches
- Regulatory legitimacy: the case for controlling and restricting access to PGD for sex-selection purposes
- Cartwright calamities, Frankenstein monsters and the regulation of PGD in New Zealand
- The state in action: an insider's view of how the state regulates the use of PGD with HLA tissue-typing in New Zealand.