Born Well: Prenatal Genetics and the Future of Having Children

This book brings together an international collection of experts in reproductive ethics, law, disability studies, and medicine to explore the challenging future of reproduction and children. From the medical to the social and from the financial to the legal, the authors explore the expanding impact...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Allyse, Megan A. (Editor), Michie, Marsha (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:The International Library of Bioethics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Clinical Background
  • Chapter 1. Women, Children, Families and the Translation of Genomics in Reproductive Medicine (Ruth M. Farrell)
  • Chapter 2. Practicing Prenatal Medicine in a Genomic Future: How the Practice of Pediatrics May (or may not) Change with the Introduction of Widespread Prenatal Sequencing (Volkan Okur)
  • Part 2: Voices of Disability
  • Chapter 3. Eugenics or Not, Prenatal Genetic Testing’s Common Issues Need to be Addressed (Mark W. Leach)
  • Chapter 4. The Impact of Prenatal Screening on Disability Communities and the Meaning of Disability (Louise Bryant)
  • Chapter 5. An Expressivist Disability Critique of the Expansion of Prenatal Genomics (Chris Kaposy)
  • Part 3: Voices of Social Sciences and the Humanities
  • Chapter 6. The Hypothetical Healthy Newborn (Rosemarie Garland-Thomson)
  • Chapter 7. The Good and the Goal of Pre-conception and Pre-natal Genetic Testing from a Catholic Perspective (Kevin Fitzgerald)
  • Chapter 8. Pathways to Affluence: Socioeconomic Incentives in Prenatal Testing and Abortion (Marsha Michie)
  • Part 4: The Future?
  • Chapter 9. An Intelligent Parents Guide to Prenatal Testing: Having a Well-Born Child without Genomic Selection 3rd Edition, 2024 (David Wasserman)