Ethics and Human Genetics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Based in part on a survey of ethical decision-marking among682 medical geneticists worldwide, this book includes achapter authored by a geneticistand an ethicist in 19nations, describing genetic services, counselling,screening, prenatal diagnosis, and major ethical problemsand social controversies faced by geneticists.

Theconcluding chapter describes ethical and policy issues thatexist worldwide, and offerssome possible resolutions.