The Moral, Social, and Commercial Imperatives of Genetic Testing and Screening
The Moral, Social, and Commercial Imperatives of Genetic Testing and Screening

Author: Michela Betta

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-24

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1402046197

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In the past people were classified as being healthy or sick. With genetic testing and screening, adults might be healthy, predisposed to an illness, probably at risk, at risk, or carriers of certain risks. Genetic testing and screening hits another dramatic note when cells and embryos are tested and subsequently altered to hit targets of perfection. This insightful book combines theory and social practice, drawing on a range of disciplines and presenting contrasting viewpoints.

Genetic Suspects
Genetic Suspects

Author: Richard Hindmarsh

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-08-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1139490826

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As DNA forensic profiling and databasing become established as key technologies in the toolbox of the forensic sciences, their expanding use raises important issues that promise to touch everyone's lives. In an authoritative global investigation of a diverse range of countries, including those at the forefront of these technologies' development and use, this book identifies and provides critical reflection upon the many issues of privacy; distributive justice; DNA information system ownership; biosurveillance; function creep; the reliability of collection, storage and analysis of DNA profiles; the possibility of transferring medical DNA information to forensics databases; and democratic involvement and transparency in governance, an emergent key theme. This book is timely and significant in providing the essential background and discussion of the ethical, legal and societal dimensions for academics, practitioners, public interest and criminal justice organisations, and students of the life sciences, law, politics, and sociology.

The Nexus of Law and Biology
The Nexus of Law and Biology

Author: Barbara Ann Hocking

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-17

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1317022602

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Although law and science have interacted for centuries, today their interactions pose enormous challenges. These challenges are reflected in issues ranging from reproductive technology and resource conservation, to genetic technology and biological warfare. The emerging dialogue is complex and requires an ongoing re-thinking of general principles, such as expert biological evidence, which features in a wide range of legal contexts, and including medical law, torts, crime and intellectual property. Studying the many ways in which law and biology come together in many areas of contemporary life, The Nexus of Law and Biology: New Ethical Challenges explores the juridical uses of biological sciences to illuminate key issues and contemporary intersections, arguing that each of several disciplines must communicate with one another, recognizing a common ground in ethics. Featuring an impressive list of contributors, this book is an invaluable reference for legal scholars, students, practising lawyers and scientists engaged with the legal system.

Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics
Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics

Author: David F. Kelly

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 158901961X

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Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics, Second Edition, integrates theology, methodology, and practical application into a detailed and practical examination of the bioethical issues that confront students, scholars, and practitioners. Noted bioethicists Gerard Magill, Henk ten Have, and David F. Kelly contribute diverse backgrounds and experience that inform the richness of new material covered in this second edition. The book is organized into three sections: theology (basic issues underlying Catholic thought), methodology (how Catholic theology approaches moral issues, including birth control), and applications to current issues. New chapters discuss controversial end-of-life issues such as forgoing treatment, killing versus allowing patients to die, ways to handle decisions for incompetent patients, advance directives, and physician-assisted suicide. Unlike anthologies, the coherent text offers a consistent method in order to provide students, scholars, and practitioners with an understanding of ethical dilemmas as well as concrete examples to assist in the difficult decisions they must make on an everyday basis.

Studying Disability
Studying Disability

Author: Elizabeth DePoy

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 141297576X

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Tackles disability from a broad range of interdisciplinary studies), and sets forth a new integrative theory and provides guidance on the advancement of social justice and human rights within a global perspective.

Physicians at War
Physicians at War

Author: Fritz Allhoff

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-03-22

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 140206912X

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Recently, there has been a tremendous interest in the ethical issues that confront physicians in times of war, as well as some of the uses of physicians during wars. This book presents a theoretical apparatus which underpins those debates, namely by casting physicians as being faced with dual-loyalties during times of war. While this theoretical apparatus has been developed in other contexts, it has not been specifically brought to bear on the ethical conflicts that wars bring.

Autonomy and Human Rights in Health Care
Autonomy and Human Rights in Health Care

Author: David N. Weisstub

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-20

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1402058411

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This book offers a group of essays published in memory of David Thomasma, one of the leading humanists in the field of bioethics during the twentieth century. The authors represent many different countries and disciplines throughout the globe. The volume deals with the pressing issue of how to ground a universal bioethics in the context of the conflicted world of combative cultures and perspectives.

Islamic Bioethics: Problems and Perspectives
Islamic Bioethics: Problems and Perspectives

Author: DARIUSCH ATIGHETCHI

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-12-02

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1402049625

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This book presents a critical analysis of the debate in Muslim countries at the religious, legal and political level, sparked by the introduction of new biomedical technologies such as cloning, genetics, organ transplants and in vitro fertilisation. The book draws on law, sociology, anthropology, politics and the history of science. For this reason it will be of interest to scholars and operators in a wide variety of disciplines and fields.

Genetic Democracy
Genetic Democracy

Author: Veikko Launis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-20

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1402062125

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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the ethical, social and philosophical issues related to modern genetic research and gene technology. The aim of the book is to introduce systematic research on the social and ethical impacts of the use and development of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as well as the acquisition, use and storage of human genetic information (HGI). The book has been written from the viewpoint of social and political philosophy.

Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics, Second Edition
Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics, Second Edition

Author: David F. Kelly

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2013-03-28

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1589019601

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Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics, Second Edition, integrates theology, methodology, and practical application into a detailed and practical examination of the bioethical issues that confront students, scholars, and practitioners. Noted bioethicists Gerard Magill, Henk ten Have, and David F. Kelly contribute diverse backgrounds and experience that inform the richness of new material covered in this second edition. The book is organized into three sections: theology (basic issues underlying Catholic thought), methodology (how Catholic theology approaches moral issues, including birth control), and applications to current issues. New chapters discuss controversial end-of-life issues such as forgoing treatment, killing versus allowing patients to die, ways to handle decisions for incompetent patients, advance directives, and physician-assisted suicide. Unlike anthologies, the coherent text offers a consistent method in order to provide students, scholars, and practitioners with an understanding of ethical dilemmas as well as concrete examples to assist in the difficult decisions they must make on an everyday basis.