Genetics and the law II / edited by Aubrey Milunsky and George J. Annas.

New York ; London : Plenum Press, [1980], ©1980.

xviii, 480 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Proceedings of the symposium held in Boston, Mass., May 21-23, 1979, and co-sponsored by the American Society of Law and Medicine and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center.

Copy, bears the library stamp of the Eugenics Society.

Three specters : dangerous products, powers, or ideas / Bernard D. Davis -- Research & regulation / DeWitt Stetten, Jr.-- Ethical issues in the control of science / Daniel Callahan -- The Scientist's right to research & the legitimacy of governmental regulation / John A. Robertson -- Public control of genetic research / Seymour Lederberg -- On mandating diagnostic practices / Stanley Joel Reiser -- Prenatal genetic diagnosis & the law / Aubrey Milunsky -- The Legal obligation of genetic counselors / Joseph M. Healey, Jr.-- The Continuing wrong of "wrongful life" / Alexander Morgan Capron -- The Law & operation of genetic screening programs / Y. Edward Hsia -- Disclosure & consent : in search of their roots / Jay Katz -- Knowledge, risk, & the right to reproduce : a limiting principle / Joseph F. Fletcher -- Euthanasia decisions in the courts : the post-Saikewicz experience / Charles H. Baron -- Doctors, decisions, & the law / Arnold S. Relman -- Conversation with silent patients / Robert A. Burt -- Prolonging living & prolonging dying : a distinction that is not decisive / Robert M. Veatch -- Ethics & the costs of dying / John C. Fletcher.

Recent developments in abortion law / Leonard H. Glantz -- The potential plaintiff : preconception and prenatal torts / Margery W. Shaw -- Governmental responsibilities in genetic diseases / Arno G. Motulsky -- Public participation in genetic policymaking : the Maryland Commission on Hereditary Disorders / Neil A. Holtzman -- Sex and the single chromosome : rights and obligations / James R. Sorenson and Judith P. Swazey -- Genetics, adoption, and the law / John R. Ball and Gilbert S. Omenn -- Genetic technology and the solution of crime : forensic genetics / Peter V. Tishler -- Public attitudes toward the handicapped / Barton Childs -- Developments in the right to treatment / Paul R. Friedman -- "Will the circle be unbroken?" sterizing the genetically impaired / Nancy S. Wexler.

Fathers anonymous : beyond the best interests of the sperm donor / George J. Annas -- Current status of In vitro fertilization and reimplantation / Melvin L. Taymor -- Legal implications and regulation of In vitro fertilization / Barbara F. Katz -- Issues in human mutagenesis and teratogeneis / Arthur D. Bloom -- Controlling environmental mutagens : through market incentives or state action? / Catherine J. Damme -- Legal regulation of environmental risk / Richard B. Stewart -- Contamination of breast milk : a clinical and ethical dilemma / Charles U. Lowe -- Regulatory policy for mutagens and teratogens / Nicholas A. Ashford -- Developing a government policy for the regulation of environmental mutagens and teratogens : shopping at the grand bazaar / Gregory T. Halbert.

Includes bibliographical references and index.