A companion to genethics / edited by Justine Burley and John Harris.

Originally published in 2002. First published in paperback 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Stem Cells / C.N. Svendsen -- Gene therapy for neurological disorders: new therapies or human experimentation? / P.R. Lowenstein -- Cloning in biology and medicine: clinical opportunities and ethical concerns / Ian Wilmut -- Genetics of old age / Thomas B.L. Kirkwood -- Ethical legacy of Nazi medical war crimes: origins, human experiments, and international justice / Paul Weindling -- Biotechnology and animals: ethical issues in genetic engineering and cloning / Bernard E. Rollin -- Role of informed consent in genetic experimentation / Søren Holm -- Testing children and adolescents / Dorothy Wertz -- Genetic testing of children: who should consent? / Lainie Friedman Ross -- Mapping the human genome and the meaning of "monster mythology" / George J. Annas -- Moral status of the gene / Mary Anne Warren -- Ethical use of human embryonic stem cells in research and therapy / John Harris -- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and embryo selection / Bonnie Steinbock -- Individual autonomy and genetic choice / Matthew Clayton -- Cloning and public policy / Ruth Macklin -- Sex selection: the feminist response / Diemut Bubeck -- Creating perfect people / Philip Kitcher -- Genetics and personal identity / Carol Rovane -- Genetic determinism and gene selectionism / Richard Dawkins -- Darwin wars and the human self-image / Janet Radcliffe Richards -- Religion and gene therapy: the end of one debate, the beginning of another / Gerald P. Mckenny -- "Race," genetics, and human difference / Hussein Kassim -- Self-ownership, begetting, and germline information / Hillel Steiner -- Justice, genetics, and lifestyles / Inez De Beaufort -- Commercial exploitation of the human genome / Ruth Chadwick, Adam Hedgecoe -- Forensic DNA typing / David Wassermann -- Privacy and genetics / Madison Powers -- DNA banking: a retrospective-prospective / Bartha Maria Knoppers -- Genetic difference in the workplace / Michael S. Yesley -- Insurance market and discriminatory practices / Tom Sorell -- Legal and ethical issues in biotechnology patenting / Pilar Ossorio -- Are genes inventions? An ethical analysis of gene patents / Mark Sagoff -- Property, patents, and genetic material / Stephen R. Munzer -- Genetic screening from a public health perspective: three "ethical" principles / Scott Burris, Lawrence O. Gostin.