The troubled helix : social and psychological implications of the new human genetics / [...] XD-US

Frontmatter ......Page 1
Contents ......Page 7
List of contributors ......Page 9
Preface ......Page 13
Preface to the paperback edition ......Page 17
Acknowledgements ......Page 20
Part I - Personal stories ......Page 21
1 - Daily life and the new genetics: some personal stories ......Page 23
Part II - Clinical context ......Page 81
2 - The new genetics: a user's guide ......Page 83
3 - Decision-making in the context of genetic risk ......Page 102
4 - Genetic counselling: some issues of theory and practice ......Page 124
5 - Evaluating carrier testing: objectives and outcomes ......Page 143
6 - Psychosocial aspects of prenatal screening and diagnosis ......Page 160
7 - The genetic testing of children: a clinical perspective ......Page 184
8 - Predictive genetic testing in children: paternalism or empiricism? ......Page 197
Part III - Social context ......Page 205
9 - The troubled helix: legal aspects of the new genetics ......Page 207
10 - Human pedigree and the 'best stock': from eugenics to genetics? ......Page 231
11 - Public understanding of the new genetics ......Page 255
12 - Families, kinship and genetics ......Page 269
13 - Ethics of human genome analysis: some virtues and vices ......Page 294
14 - Genetics and racism ......Page 315
15 - Predictive genetics: the cultural implications of supplying probable futures ......Page 337
16 - The new genetics: a feminist view ......Page 351
17 - Afterword ......Page 370
Index ......Page 375