Genetics from Laboratory to Society

by De Vries, Gerard; Horstman, Klasien

• ISBN13: 9780230005358
• ISBN10: 0230005357
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The past decades have seen a rapid development and increasing development of genetic tests. This development will have a major social, political and ethical impact on society.Genetics from Laboratory to Society details practices of genetic testing and discusses its future role for insurance and the workplace. By tracing the work of medical professionals, but also clients, their family-members, insurance companies, employers, unions and government involved, the book shows how due to the introduction of genetic testing responsibilities are redistributed.

Author Biography

Gerard De Vries is a Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Klasien Horstman is a Professor in Philosophy and Ethics of Bioengineering, Technical University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. vii
Preface	p. x
Notes on the Contributors	p. xiii
The 'Unknown' Practice of Genetic Testing	p. 1
Constructing Results in Prenatal Diagnosis: Beyond Technological Testing and Moral Decision-Making	p. 17
Genetic Diagnostics for Hereditary Breast Cancer: Displacement of Uncertainty and Responsibility	p. 37
Lifestyle, Genes and Cholesterol: New Struggles about Responsibility and Solidarity	p. 64
Detecting Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Escaping the Family History?	p. 90
Genetics and Insurance: New Technologies, New Policies, New Responsibilities	p. 118
Work, Health and Genetics: Problems of Regulation in a Changing Society	p. 138
Genetic Risks and Justice in the Workplace: The End of the Protection Paradigm?	p. 155
Learning from the Work that Links Laboratory to Society	p. 171
Notes	p. 191
Bibliography	p. 204
Author Index	p. 215
Subject Index	p. 219
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