Before Birth

Understanding Prenatal Screening

Buch | Hardcover

196 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-72626-0 (ISBN)

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This title was first published in 2001. Featuring contributions from the UK, Finland, The Netherlands and Greece, this unique book explores the ongoing tensions and important ethical, legal and social issues related to the development of prenatal screening and the growth of new genetic technologies.

Elizabeth Ettorre is Professor of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK

Contents: A European project on the development of prenatal screening, Elizabeth Ettorre; Prenatal diagnosis in the lay press and professional journals in Finland, Greece and The Netherlands, Michaela Laurén, Konstantinos Petrogiannis, Eleni Valassi-Adam and Tjeerd Tymstra; Review of policy, law and ethics, Konstantinos Petrogiannis, Tjeerd Tymstra, Piia Jallinoja and Elizabeth Ettorre; Experts’ views on prenatal screening and diagnosis in Greece, The Netherlands, England and Finland, Elizabeth Ettorre; Physicians’ opinions of genetic screening: comparisons in Finland and Greece, Eleni Valassi-Adam, Elina Hemminki, Hanna Toivianen and Christos Maragos; Prenatal diagnosis and screening in Europe: attitudes, practices and opinions of midwifes, Loes Kooij, Rachel Grellier, Fani Pechlivani and Hanna Toivianen; Women’s decision-making and experiences of prenatal Down’s screening, PÃ¤ivi Santalahti, Konstantinos Petrogiannis and Tjeerd Tymstra; Whose fault is it?: shame and guilt for the genetic defect, Thalia Dragonas; Prenatal genetic screening: the Finnish experience, Arja R. Aro and Piia Jallinoja; Living with a congenital condition: the views of adults who have cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anaemia, Down’s syndrome, spina bifida or thalassaemia, Priscilla Alderson, Penny Scott and Neelam Thapar; It’s like peeking into a Christmas gift and then deciding if you want it or not, Michaela Laurén; Eugenics: what is in a word?, Elani Valassi-Adam.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 216 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-72626-5 / 1138726265
ISBN-13	978-1-138-72626-0 / 9781138726260
Zustand	Neuware