Ethics and Human Genetics: A Cross Cultural Perspective

by Dorothy C. Wertz

Based in part on a survey of ethical decision-marking among682 medical geneticists worldwide, this book includes a chapter authored by a geneticistand an ethicist in 19nations, describing genetic services, counselling,screening, prenatal diagnosis, and major ethical problems and social controversies faced by geneticists. The concluding chapter describes ethical and policy issues that exist worldwide, and offerssome possible resolutions.

536 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1989