Genetic counselling : practice and principles / edited by Angus Clarke.

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

xi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Genetic counselling: a medical perspective / A. Caroline Berry -- Genetic counselling: a nurse's perspective / Ann Williams -- Predictive testing of adults and children / David Ball, Audrey Tyler, Peter Harper -- Ethical issues in newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the question of informed consent / Evelyn Parsons, Don Bradley -- Termination of a second-trimester pregnancy for fetal abnormality: psychosocial aspects / Margaretha White-van Mourik -- Lessons from a dark and distant past / Benno Muller-Hill -- Prenatal genetic testing and screening: constructing needs and reinforcing inequities / Abby Lippman -- Medical genetics and mental handicap / Lydia Sinclair, Matthew Griffiths -- Rights and interests of children and those with a mental handicap / Jonathan Montgomery -- Confidentiality in genetic counseling / Paula Boddington -- Genetic reductionism and medical genetic practice / Maureen Ramsay.

Includes bibliographical references and index