Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening
new technologies, new challenges
$188.42
- Hardcover
376 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2009
Summary
The United States has the first and the farthest-reaching newborn genetic screening program in the world. In recent years, individual states have expanded their newborn screening programs to include many more genetic conditions, as new medical knowledge and new testing technologies have become available. The contributors to this provocative collection study the complex ethical and policy challenges present in the changing newborn screening environment and offer guidance to professionals, poli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801891519 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0801891515 |
| Series: | Bioethics |
| Author: | Mary Ann Baily, Thomas H. Murray |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 635g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
“Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening… brings together some of the best minds and clearest thinking on the issues at stake.” – Fiona Alice Miller, American Journal of Human Genetics
Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening… brings together some of the best minds and clearest thinking on the issues at stake. – Fiona Alice Miller American Journal of Human Genetics
About The Author
Mary Ann Baily
Mary Ann Baily is Research Scholar in Ethics and Health Policy at The Hastings Center. Thomas H. Murray is president of The Hastings Center and coeditor of The Cultures of Caregiving: Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers and Genetic Ties and the Family: The Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children, both published by Johns Hopkins.
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