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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
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:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""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 STANCES""""5 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 Synthesis""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Contributors""