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Title Ethics, reproduction, and genetic control / edited by Ruth F. Chadwick
Edition Rev. ed
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 200 pages)
Contents 1. Having children : introduction / Ruth F. Chadwick -- 2. Test tube babies are babies / Jerome Lejeune -- 3. Marriage and the family / Board for Social Responsibility -- 4. IVF and the law / Sir David Napley -- 5. In vitro fertilisation and the Warnock report / R.M. Hare -- 6. The perfect baby : introduction / Ruth F. Chadwick -- 7. The prospect of designed genetic change / Robert L. Sinsheimer -- 8. Human gene therapy : scientific and ethical considerations / W. French Anderson -- 9. Eugenics on the rise : a report from Singapore / C.K. Chan -- 10. Should one be free to choose the sex of one's child? / Dharma Kumar
Summary In this revised edition with a new preface from the editor, leading scientists explain the nature and goals of ̀test tube' reproduction and genetic engineering, and their eugenic implications. In contrast to the Warnock report, the extended commentary considers the issues in the context of a social ethic rather than the individualist viewpoint
Analysis Man Reproduction Ethical aspects
Humans Reproduction Ethics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-193) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Eugenics -- Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects
Human reproduction -- Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics.
Eugenics.
Genetic engineering.
Ethics, Medical
Eugenics
Genetic Engineering
Reproduction
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality.
Medical ethics
Genetic engineering
Eugenics
Eugenics -- Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects
Human reproduction -- Moral and ethical aspects
Eugenia (aspectos morais e éticos)
Engenharia genética (aspectos morais e éticos)
Reprodução (humano;aspectos morais e éticos)
Form Electronic book
Author Chadwick, Ruth F
ISBN 0203007832
9780203007839
9786610651849
6610651841
9780415089791
0415089794