基本説明
Explores the main ethical, legal and social issues related to the development of prenatal screening.
Full Description
A collection of essays that examine prenatal screening, why it is necessary and how it happens.
Contents
A European project on the development of prenatal screening, Elizabeth Ettore; prenatal diagnosis in the lay press and professional journals in Finland, Greece and The Netherlands, Michaela Lauren, Konstantinos Pertogiannis, Eleni Valassi-Adam, Tjeerd Tymstra; review of policy, law and ethics, Konstantinos Petrogiannis, Tjeerd Tymstra, Piia Jallinoja, Elizabeth Ettore; experts' views on prenatal screening and diagnosis in Greece, The Netherlands, England and Finland, Elizabeth Ettore; physicians' opinions of genetic screening - comparisons in Finland and greece, Eleni Valassi-Adam, Elina Hemminki, Hanna Toiviainen, Christos Maragos; prenatal diagnosis and screening in Europe - attitudes, practices and opinions of midwives, Loes Kooij, Rachel Grellier, Fani Pechlivani, Hanna Toiviainen; women's decision-making and experiences of prenatal Down's screening, Paivi Santalahti, Kostantinos Pertogiannis, Tjeerd Tymstra; whose fault is it? - shame and guilt for the genetic defect, Thalia Dragonas; prenatal genetic screening - the Finnish experience, Arja R. Aro, 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, Neelam Thapar; "It's like peeking into a Christmas gift and then deciding if you want it or not", Michaela Lauren; eugenics - what is in a word?, Eleni Valassi-Adam.
