Genetics in Human Reproduction (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN 10: 1138314986 / ISBN 13: 9781138314986

Edité par Routledge, 2020

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N° de réf. du vendeur I-9781138314986

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• Titre: Genetics in Human Reproduction (Routledge Revivals)
• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date de parution: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1138314986
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781138314986
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Published in 1999, this book discusses issues related to the current and possible future technological progress in genetic technology linked to in vitro fertilization, specifically preimplantation diagnosis and germline gene therapy, from a scientific and medical as well as from a social, juridical and ethical point of view. The 31 contributions are divided into six sections medical and scientific view, personal interests and moral implications, moral rights and duties, social concepts and moral implications, choices and decision making, and justice in health care and legal regulation.

À propos de l?auteur

Elisabeth Hildt is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at Illinois Institute of Technology, where her research focuses on philosophical and ethical issues in neuroscience, most significantly the field of cognitive enhancement. Her previous appointments include scientific coordinator of the interdisciplinary project European Network for Biomedical Ethics and assistant professor at the Chair for Ethics in the Life Sciences at the University of Tubingen. Prior to moving to the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2014, she spent six years as the head of the Research Group on Neuroethics/Neurophilosophy at the University of Mainz. She serves on the editorial board of PLOS ONE and the American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience (AJOB Neuroscience). She has authored and edited twelve other books on neuroethics and biomedical ethics, and is the author of 70 articles on the subject.