| Legalising Mitochondrial Donation: Enacting Ethical Futures in UK Biomedical Politics 2018 Edition Contributor(s): Dimond, Rebecca (Author), Stephens, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319746448 ISBN-13: 9783319746449 Publisher: Palgrave Pivot OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Science | History |
| Dewey: 171.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.75 lbs) 147 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 2015 the UK became the first country in the world to legalise mitochondrial donation, a controversial germ line reproductive technology to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial disease. In this book Dimond and Stephens track the intense period of scientific and ethical review, public consultation and parliamentary debates which preceeded the decision. They draw on stakeholder accounts and public documents to explore how patients, professionals, institutions and publics mobilised within 'for' and 'against' clusters, engaging in extensive promissory, emotional, bureaucratic, ethical, embodied and clinical labour to justify competing visions of an ethical future. They describe how the legalisation of mitochondrial donation represents a significant moment in UK biomedical politics as the latest iteration of a UK sociotechnical imaginary in which the further liberalization of human embryo research and use is rendered legitimate and ethical through modes of consultation and permissive but strictly regulated licensing. Overall, this book presents a timely, multi-dimensional, and sociological account of a globally significant landmark in the history of human genetics, and will be relevant to those with an interest in genetics, Science, Technology and Society, the sociology of medicine, reproductive technology, and public policy debate. |
