Genetics And The Law
DOWNLOAD
Download Genetics And The Law PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Genetics And The Law book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Genetics And The Law Iii
DOWNLOAD
Author : Aubrey Milunsky
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Genetics And The Law Iii written by Aubrey Milunsky and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Medical categories.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, ... it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. . . . -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, of course, did not have the contemporary dilemmas of modern genetics in mind. Indeed, we need to remind ourselves how short the history of modern genetics really is. Recognition that genetic traits are carried by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) occurred only about 40 years ago. Knowledge of the three-dimensional structure of DNA is only about 30 years old. The correct number of human chromosomes was not deter mined until the mid-1950s, and Down syndrome was recognized only in 1959. It was not until in 1968 that the exact location of a gene was determined on an autosomal chromo some, and the study of genes, rather than their protein products, has been possible for barely a decade.
Genetics And The Law
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Genetics And The Law written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with categories.
Genetics And The Law Ii
DOWNLOAD
Author : Milunsky
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Genetics And The Law Ii written by Milunsky and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Science categories.
The law is a mandate and a mirror; it both commands and reflects. It should not come as a shock that scientists and physicians often prefer the mirror at times when society seems to be demanding a mandate. This may be especially true in the rapidly advancing field of medical genetics, where recent discoveries leading to potentially startling applications have raised old questions of law in a new light. Nevertheless, we believe that in general the conflict between the law and science, as illustrated in the field of genetics, is embroi dered with exaggeration. The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren Burger, has noted that "the prime function of the law is to protect basic human values--individual human values--sometimes even at the expense of scientific progress"; and that "it is not the function of the law to keep pace with science." While both of these statements are true as far as they go, we believe the law must make an affirmative effort to anticipate scientific developments so that those beneficial to society can be nurtured rather than stultified. It was to nurture cooperation and understanding that we brought together a distinguished faculty of internationally known experts on law and genetics to discuss their fields in 1975.
Genetics And The Law
DOWNLOAD
Author : Aubrey Milunsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Genetics And The Law written by Aubrey Milunsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
Genetics And The Law
DOWNLOAD
Author : Aubrey Milunsky
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-03-14
Genetics And The Law written by Aubrey Milunsky and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-14 with Law categories.
Society has historically not taken a benign view of genetic disease. The laws permitting sterilization of the mentally re tarded~ and those proscribing consanguineous marriages are but two examples. Indeed as far back as the 5th-10th centuries, B.C.E., consanguineous unions were outlawed (Leviticus XVIII, 6). Case law has traditionally tended toward the conservative. It is reactive rather than directive, exerting its influence only after an individual or group has sustained injury and brought suit. In contrast, state legislatures have not been inhibited in enacting statutes. Many of their products can be characterized as hasty, unnecessary, ill-conceived, and based on the heart rather than the head. Moreover the lack of expert consultation sought has also been remarkable. One state legislature, for example, has advocated immunization for sickle cell anemia! Many others have enacted laws for the screening of inborn errors of metabolism, e.g., phenylketon uria, but have poorly defined the lines of responsibility to secure compliance. A spate of specific disease-related bills has emerged in the u.S. Congress, each seeking recognition and appropriations. Sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, Cooley's anemia and Tay-Sachs disease have been among the front-runners for support. Finally, in 1975, Congress has begun to examine an omnibus bill concerning all forms of genetic disease. The bill, termed the National Genetic Diseases Act is, however, still far from being enacted.
Genetic Privacy
DOWNLOAD
Author : Graeme Laurie
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-05-16
Genetic Privacy written by Graeme Laurie and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-16 with Law categories.
The phenomenon of the New Genetics raises complex social problems, particularly those of privacy. This book offers ethical and legal perspectives on the questions of a right to know and not to know genetic information from the standpoint of individuals, their relatives, employers, insurers and the state. Graeme Laurie provides a unique definition of privacy, including a concept of property rights in the person, and argues for stronger legal protection of privacy in the shadow of developments in human genetics. He challenges the role and the limits of established principles in medical law and ethics, including respect for patient autonomy and confidentiality. This book will interest lawyers, philosophers and doctors concerned both with genetic information and issues of privacy; it will also interest genetic counsellors, researchers, and policy makers worldwide for its practical stance on dilemmas in modern genetic medicine.
Genetics Law And Social Policy
DOWNLOAD
Author : Philip Reilly
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1977
Genetics Law And Social Policy written by Philip Reilly and has been published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Medical categories.
Law And Human Genetics
DOWNLOAD
Author : Roger Brownsword
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Law And Human Genetics written by Roger Brownsword and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Genetic disorders categories.
As developments in human genetics proceed apace, the regulation of genetic research and its applications is set to represent one of the major legal challenges of the next century. At every turn - in the fields of medicine and commerce, in insurance and employment, in the family and even in the criminal justice system - advances in human genetics threaten to transform our understanding of ourselves and the basis upon which we relate to one another. This special issue of the Modern Law Review addresses a range of key issues - conceptual, ethical, political and practical - arising from the regulat.
The Right To Know And The Right Not To Know
DOWNLOAD
Author : Ruth Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-09-04
The Right To Know And The Right Not To Know written by Ruth Chadwick and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-04 with Law categories.
This book re-examines privacy in a world where genome sequencing is cheap, databases can be large, and access rights are hidden.
Law And Human Genetics
DOWNLOAD
Author : Roger Brownsword
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1998-12-01
Law And Human Genetics written by Roger Brownsword and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12-01 with Law categories.
As developments in human genetics proceed apace,the regulation of genetic research and its applications is set to represent one of the major legal challenges of the next century. At every turn - in the fields of medicine and commerce, in insurance and employment, in the family and even in the criminal justice system - advances in human genetics threaten to transform our understanding of ourselves and the basis upon which we relate to one another. This special issue of the Modern Law Review addresses a range of key issues - conceptual, ethical, political and practical - arising from the regulatory challenge confronting the law in the face of the genetic revolution.