The ethics of genetic screening / edited by Ruth Chadwick [and others].

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1999], ©1999.

xvi, 255 pages ; 25 cm

Ch. 1. The Wilson and Jungner principles of screening and genetic testing -- Ch. 2. Genetic screening, information and counselling in Austria -- Ch. 3. The Belgian perspective on genetic screening -- Ch. 4. Thalassemia prevention in Cyprus. Past, present and future -- Ch. 5. Some developments in genetic screening in Finland -- Ch. 6. Genetic screening: ethical debates and regulatory systems in France -- Ch. 7. Screening in Germany: carrier screening, pre-natal care and other screening projects

Ch. 8. Population screening in Greece for prevention of genetic diseases -- Ch. 9. Ethics and genetic screening in the Republic of Ireland -- Ch. 10. Genetic screening in the Netherlands. The state of the debate -- Ch. 11. Genetic screening and genetic services in Slovakia -- Ch. 12. Historical and social background. Introduction -- Ch. 13. From eugenics to genetic screening. Historical problems of human genetic applications -- Ch. 14. Genetics in Germany. History and hysteria -- Ch. 15. A sociological perspective on genetic screening

Ch. 16. Moral and philosophical issues. Introduction -- Ch. 17. Genetic information and care -- Ch. 18. Genetic testing, genetic screening and privacy -- Ch. 19. Reconciling liberty and the common good? Genetic screening in the Republic of Ireland -- Ch. 20. Genetic screening and testing. A moral map -- Ch. 21. The genetic testing of children.

Includes bibliographic references and index