Human Genome Project and the Future of Health Care Contributor(s): Murray, Thomas H. (Editor), Rothstein, Mark A. (Editor), Murray, Robert F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253332133 ISBN-13: 9780253332134 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1996 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics |
Dewey: 174.2 |
LCCN: 96001718 |
Series: Medical Ethics |
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.39" W x 9.55" (1.36 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The volume deserves our serious attention. The authors have provided us an invaluable primer about the HGP and its implications for the future of American health care. --Jurimetrics This book does make a real contribution . . . in explaining why the genetics . . . marked by a forward-looking, analytically and empirically grounded thematic coherence. The editors' carefully crafted template and contributions successfully focus and organize the material. --Annals of Internal Medicine Excellent --Canadian Medical Association Journal The editors have done a very good job integrating the contents into a very useful and readable information source. --Choice . . . this highly focused book is a well-written, thoughtful, and insightful consideration of the HGP and is valuable reading for anyone concerned with the future of our country's medical infrastructure. --Science Books & Films (**Highly recommended) A distinguished group of scientists, lawyers, and scholars have written a coherent, readable account of the legal, medical, ethical, and policy issues many (if not all) of us will be wrestling with on both a personal and a public level, as a result of current genetic research. --Library Journal Each of the contributors is a distinguished authority on the topic. Ethicists, especially, will find well-developed presentation of issues, with exposition of the differing ethical assumptions in tension in the society debate. --Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Home Page
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