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Genetics Ethics, Law and Policy

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ISBN-10: 0314911863

ISBN-13: 9780314911865

Edition: 3rd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Lori B. Andrews, Maxwell J. Mehlman, Mark A. Rothstein

List price: $208.00
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Perfect for an upper level seminar or course, this casebook traces the legal impacts of genetics across the legal spectrum--from family law to medical law to forensics. it addresses international and federal regulation of genetic research; medical applications including prenatal testing, pharmacogenomics, and gene therapy; paternity testing; intellectual property rights; And The use of genetic technologies by social institutions, including law enforcement, courts, insurers, employers and schools. The 3rd edition newly covers Octomom and President Obama?s stem cell directive. No scientific background on the part of the students or professor is required.
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Book details

List price: $208.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: West Academic
Publication date: 3/25/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1011
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.938
Language: English

Lori Andrews has been an adviser on genetic and reproductive technology to Congress, the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and several foreign nations including the emirate of Dubai and the French National Assembly. She is the author of nine books, including The Clone Age: Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology.A professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, she is director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology and Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.