This is an exceptional collection of essays. Taken together, they provide an excellent overview of some of the more critical and pressing dimensions of genetic advances. Taken singly, each essay succeeds in being informative while also being provocative, challenging thinking on fundamental questions of meaning. Each will undoubtedly stimulate much reflection and discussion. Shannon has succeeded in an almost overwhelming ... Read moretask—choosing eleven of the very best essays in the area of genetics.
Ron Hamel, Ph.D., senior director of ethics at The Catholic Health Association of the United States Spanning a rich spectrum of issues in genetics from a variety of perspectives, this collection impels mindfulness about scientific possibilities and present bioethical challenges. A coherent and compelling account. A much needed book.
Roberto Dell'Oro, Ph.D., associate director, The Bioethics Institute, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles Among the leading bioethicists of our age, Tom Shannon offers us a collection of essays that are both insightful and provocative. By commanding the field, Shannon knows the essays that set today’s genetics’ agenda for both science and public policy. Putting them together in this volume, treating topics from stem cells to gene patenting, from genetic counseling to population screening, Shannon offers his fellow colleagues and students a solid anthology of readings.
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