Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology

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Synopsis
Scientists conducting human genome research are identifying genetic disorders and traits at an accelerating rate. Genetic factors in human behavior appear particularly complex and slow to emerge, yet are raising their own set of difficult ethical, legal, and social issues. In Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology, Ronald Carson and Mark Rothstein bring together well-known experts from the fields of genetics, ethics, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, and law to address the cultural, legal, and biological underpinnings of behavioral genetics. The authors discuss a broad range of topics, including the ethical questions arising from gene therapy and screening, molecular research in psychiatry, and the legal ramifications and social consequences of behavioral genetic information. Throughout, they focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when the science turns out to be good.
Copyright:
2003

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
224 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780801874925
Related ISBNs:
9780801872303
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Ronald A. Carson
Edited by:
Mark A. Rothstein
Foreword by:
Floyd E. Bloom

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