Genetic imaginations : ethical, legal, and social issues in human genome research / edited by Peter Glasner, Harry Rothman.

Aldershot ; Brookfield, U.S.A. : Ashgate Pub., [1998], ©1998.

ix, 140 pages ; 23 cm.

Genetic engineer and biotechnologist.

Papers based on a workshop

Papers appeared in a double issue of the Genetic engineer and biotechnologist 15 2/3: 83-187, 1995

Social dimensions of the human genome mapping project: an introduction / Peter Glasner & Harry Rothman -- Transitional science and the human genome mapping project resource centre / Brian Balmer -- How weak bonds stick? Genetic diagnosis between the laboratory and the clinic / Jean-Paul Gaudilliere -- Information technology as an instrument of genetics / Christine Hine -- Exploring organisational issues in British genomic research / Peter Glasner, Harry Rothman & David Travis -- Eugenics here and now / Ruth McNally -- MOral and legal consequences for the fetus/unborn child of medical technologies derived from human genome research / Peter R. Wheale -- The American gene therapy industry and the social shaping of a new technology / Paul Martin -- Social criticism and the human genome programme: some reflections on the limits of a limited social science / Hilary Rose -- Signs of life - taking genetic literacy seriously / Jon Turney.

Includes bibliographical references