The Right to Know and the Right Not to Know
Published on 27. February 1997
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-1-85972-424-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains essays which cover a range of aspects in the debate over genetic testing. It looks at both the advantages and disadvantages involved in knowing or not knowing whether one is a carrier of certain genetic traits.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, tables, glossary
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 225 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85972-424-8 (9781859724248)
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Content
The philosophy of the right to know and the right not to know, Ruth Chadwick; individual rights and genetics - the historical perspective - a comment on Ruth Chadwick's paper, Urban Wiesing; sociological perspectives on the right to know and the right not to know, Mairi Levitt; the meaning of "rights" in the right to know debate, Ingmar Porn; rights to know and not to know - is there a need for a genetic privacy law?, Tony McGleenan; autonomy and a right not to know, Jorgen Husted; do "all men desire to know"? - a right of society to choose not to know about the genetics of personality traits, Darren Shickle; mass meida and public discussion in bioethics, Ruth Chadwick and Mairi Levitt; living with the future - genetic information and human existence, Henk ten Have.