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Author Green, Ronald Michael.

Title Babies by design : the ethics of genetic choice / Ronald M. Green.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  174.2 GREEN    Check Shelf
Description 279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-258) and index.
Contents Introduction -- 1. Creating the superathlete -- 2. How will we do it? -- 3. Drawing lines -- 4. Challenges and risks -- 5. Parents : guardians or gardeners? -- 6. Will we create a "genobility"? -- 7. Playing God -- 8. The choices ahead -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Prenatal diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic disorders in children -- Prevention -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic counseling -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic Engineering -- ethics -- Personal Narratives.
Genetics, Medical -- ethics -- Personal Narratives.
Religion and Medicine -- Personal Narratives.
ISBN 9780300125467 alkaline paper
0300125461 alkaline paper
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