Ethical, social, and legal dimensions of screening for human genetic disease / editor, Daniel Bergsma ; Genetics Research Group of the Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences.

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1974
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Credit: Ethical, social, and legal dimensions of screening for human genetic disease / editor, Daniel Bergsma ; Genetics Research Group of the Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Contents Introduction vii Newborn Genetic Screening as a Concept in Health Care Delivery: A Critique 1 Marc Lappé, Ph.D. and Richard O. Roblin, Ph.D. Genetic Screening as a Political and Social Development 25 Tabitha M. Powledge, M.S. Issues of Law and Public Policy in Genetic Screening 57 Harold P. Green, J.D. and Alexander M. Capron, LL.B. Mass Screening and Genetic Counseling in Mendelian Disorders 85 Richard W. Erbe, M.D. Screening for Polygenic Disorders 101 Lee Ehrman, Ph.D. and Marc Lappé, Ph.D. Chromosomal Screening of Human Populations: A Bioethical Prospectus 123 William J. Mellman, M.D. Informed Consent in Genetic Screening Programs 137 John Fletcher, Th.D., Richard O. Roblin, Ph.D. and Tabitha M. Powledge, M.S. Sociologie Studies in Human Genetics: I. Compliance Factors in a Voluntary Heterozygote Screening Program 145 Michael M. Kaback, M.D., Marshall H. Becker, Ph.D. and M. Virginia Ruth, M.S.N. Some Social and Psychologic Issues in Genetic Screening: Public and Professional Adaptation to Biomedical Innovation . . .165 James R. Sorenson, Ph.D. v