The double-edged helix : social implications of genetics in a diverse society / edited by Joseph S. Alper [and others].

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2002], ©2002.

ix, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Introduction: perspectives on perspectives / Joseph S. Alper ... [et al.] -- Genetic complexity in human disease and behavior / Joseph S. Alper -- Geneticists in society, society in genetics / Jon Beckwith -- Genetics and behavior in the news: dilemmas of a rising paradigm / Peter Conrad -- Advocacy groups and the new genetics / Alan Stockdale and Sharon Terry -- Invisible women: gender, genetics, and reproduction / Susan Markens -- Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion: a challenge to practice and policy / Adrienne Asch -- African American perspectives on genetic testing / Diane Beeson and Troy Duster -- Genetics, race, and ethnicity: searching for differences / Joseph S. Alper and Jon Beckwith -- The origins of homosexuality: no genetic link to social change / William Byne ... [et al.] -- Diversity and complexity in gay/lesbian/bisexual/transsexual responses to the "gay gene" debates / C. Phoebe Lostroh and Amanda Udis-Kessler -- The commercialization of genetic technologies: raising public awareness / Catherine Ard and Deborah Zucker -- Individual, family, and societal dimensions of genetic discrimination: a case study analysis / Lisa N. Geller ... [et al.] -- Marvin R. Natowicz -- Postscript: current developments in genetic discrimination / Lisa N. Geller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.