Mapping the human genome

Book · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6400758

Annas, G C; Elias, S ^[1]

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1. eds.

This article is a review of the book Mapping the Human Genome: Using Law and Ethics as Guides, edited by George C. Annas and Sherman Elias. The book is a collection of essays on the subject of using ethics and laws as guides to justify human gene mapping. It addresses specific issues such problems related to eugenics, patents, insurance as well as broad issues such as the societal definitions of normality.

• OSTI ID: 6400758
• Resource Relation: Other Information: From review by Mark C. Gordon, Bio/Technology, Vol. 11, No. 7, (Jul 1993)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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