Ethical problems and genetics practice

Provides a rich, case-based account of the ethical issues arising in genetics for health professionals, patients and their families. Ethical Problems andGenetics Practice provides a rich, case-based account of the ethical issues arising in genetics for health professionals, patients and their families. It will be particularly relevant to medical, nursing and genetic-counselling students and to graduate students in bioethics, social science and medical anthropology. Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice provides a rich, case-based account of the ethical issues arising in genetics for health professionals, patients and their families. It will be particularly relevant to medical, nursing andgenetic-counselling students and to graduate students in bioethics, social science and medical anthropology. Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice provides a rich, case-based account of the ethical issues arising in the genetics clinic and laboratory. By analysing a wide range of evocative and often arrestingcases from practice, Michael Parker provides a compelling insight into the complex moral world of the contemporary genetics professional and the challengesthey face in the care of patients and their families. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the ethical issues arising in everyday genetics practice. Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice is also a sustained engagement with the relationships between bioethics and social science. In proposingand exemplifying a new approach to bioethics, it makes a significant contribution to debates on methods and interdisciplinarity and will therefore also appeal to all those concerned with theoretical and methodological approaches to bioethics and social science. INDICE: 1. Introduction; 2. The patient in the families; 3. Elective affinities; 4. Reproducing ethics; 5. Multi-professional practices; 6. Moral craft;7. Methodological reflections.

• ISBN: 978-1-107-02080-1
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 182
• Fecha Publicación: 05/04/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés