Bøger af Roger B. Dworkin

Presents 29 case studies that identify the ethical issues that are likely to emerge from technologies of genetic testing and develops a series of guidelines based on the case studies. This book aims to provide guidance for thinking through the ethical issues as well as a starting point for development of additional guidelines.

The ethical and social dilemmas associated with abortion, sterilization, assisted reproduction, genetics, death and dying, and biomedical research have led many to turn to the legal system for solutions. This book argues that resort to law is often misguided and overlooks the limitations of legal institutions.