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Ethics and the new genetics : an integrated approach /

Everyday, new advances are being made in the science of human genetics. Accompanying progress in this area, however, are new ethical dilemmas. At a think tank sponsored by the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute, an interdisciplinary group of ethicists, geneticists, physicians, lawyers, and theolo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute
Otros Autores: Monsour, H. Daniel, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2007.
Colección:Lonergan studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION: Employing Functional Specialization: Overview of a Group Experiment
  • PART ONE: SOME BIOETHICAL ISSUES IN HUMAN GENETICS: DELINEATING THE OPPOSED STANCES
  • 1 Research in Human Genetics: Technology, Information, Therapeutic Promise, and Challenge
  • Response: Anne Summers
  • 2 Clinical Applications of Research in Human Genetics
  • Response: Jaro Kotalik
  • 3 Genetics in Health Care
  • 4 Commercialization of Human Genetic Research
  • Response: Peter Ibbott
  • PART TWO: DIFFERENTIATING THE PRE-EMPIRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE OPPOSED STANCES5 The Character of Moral Value, Moral Knowledge, and Moral Debate
  • Response: Moira McQueen
  • 6 Religion as the Dynamic Horizon of Moral Discernment
  • Response: Leo Walsh
  • 7 Discerning Catholic Positions on Particular Ethical Issues
  • Response: Albert Moraczewski
  • PART THREE: TOWARD DETERMINING THE NORMATIVE STANCES
  • 8 Who Owns the Human Genome?
  • 9 Genetics, Medicine, and the Human Person: The Papal Theology
  • 10 Key Issues in Genetic Research, Testing, and Patenting
  • 11 Expanding Horizons for Moral Discernment: A Retrospective SynthesisIndex
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