ISBN: 9781107020801 - ethical problems and genetics practice (cambridge bioethics and law) (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9781107020801.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. Unread new copy. Publishers seconds with very minor cosmetic flaw otherwise like new. Publishers 'Damaged' stamp on none text page. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> I've got a young patient with a family history of Huntington's Disease who wants to have a test to see whether she is going to be affected by the disease as she gets older. She is worried because she knows that her paternal grandmother has it. During counselling my patient dis-closed that she is an identical twin. She says that her twin sister is not aware of the family history and says that she does not want her sister to know because she doesn't think that she could cope with this know-ledge, particularly because the disease is untreatable. When I told her that I was reluctant to do the test on her without discussing it with her sister because the fact that they are identical twins means that the test would also be a test on her twin - she said that she didn't want her sister to be involved. To reassure me, she promised that whatever the test result she would not disclose this. The other problem I hav.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 184 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Provides a rich, case-based account of the ethical issues arising in genetics for health professionals, patients and their families. Series: Cambridge Bioethics and Law. Num Pages: 182 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 412. . 2012. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice provides a rich, case-based account of the ethical issues arising in the genetics clinic and laboratory. By analysing a wide range of evocative and often arresting cases from practice, Michael Parker provides a compelling insight into the complex moral world of the contemporary genetics professional and the challenges they face in the care of patients and their families. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the ethical issues arising in everyday genetics practice. Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice is also a sustained engagement with the relationships between bioethics and social science. In proposing and exemplifying a new approach to bioethics, it makes a significant contribution to debates on methods and interdisciplinarity and will therefore also appeal to all those concerned with theoretical and methodological approaches to bioethics and social science. …