Genetics and the law II / edited by Aubrey Milunsky and George J. Annas.

New York ; London : Plenum Press, [1980], ©1980.

xviii, 480 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Proceedings of the symposium held in Boston, Mass., May 21-23, 1979, and co-sponsored by the American Society of Law and Medicine and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center.

Copy, bears the library stamp of the Eugenics Society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Three specters : dangerous products, powers, or ideas / Bernard D. Davis -- Research & regulation / DeWitt Stetten, Jr.-- Ethical issues in the control of science / Daniel Callahan -- The Scientist's right to research & the legitimacy of governmental regulation / John A. Robertson -- Public control of genetic research / Seymour Lederberg -- On mandating diagnostic practices / Stanley Joel Reiser -- Prenatal genetic diagnosis & the law / Aubrey Milunsky -- The Legal obligation of genetic counselors / Joseph M. Healey, Jr.-- The Continuing wrong of "wrongful life" / Alexander Morgan Capron -- The Law & operation of genetic screening programs / Y. Edward Hsia -- Disclosure & consent : in search of their roots / Jay Katz -- Knowledge, risk, & the right to reproduce : a limiting principle / Joseph F. Fletcher -- Euthanasia decisions in the courts : the post-Saikewicz experience / Charles H. Baron -- Doctors, decisions, & the law / Arnold S. Relman -- Conversation with silent patients / Robert A. Burt -- Prolonging living & prolonging dying : a distinction that is not decisive / Robert M. Veatch -- Ethics & the costs of dying / John C. Fletcher.

Recent developments in abortion law / Leonard H. Glantz -- The potential plaintiff : preconception and prenatal torts / Margery W. Shaw -- Governmental responsibilities in genetic diseases / Arno G. Motulsky -- Public participation in genetic policymaking : the Maryland Commission on Hereditary Disorders / Neil A. Holtzman -- Sex and the single chromosome : rights and obligations / James R. Sorenson and Judith P. Swazey -- Genetics, adoption, and the law / John R. Ball and Gilbert S. Omenn -- Genetic technology and the solution of crime : forensic genetics / Peter V. Tishler -- Public attitudes toward the handicapped / Barton Childs -- Developments in the right to treatment / Paul R. Friedman -- "Will the circle be unbroken?" sterizing the genetically impaired / Nancy S. Wexler.

Fathers anonymous : beyond the best interests of the sperm donor / George J. Annas -- Current status of In vitro fertilization and reimplantation / Melvin L. Taymor -- Legal implications and regulation of In vitro fertilization / Barbara F. Katz -- Issues in human mutagenesis and teratogeneis / Arthur D. Bloom -- Controlling environmental mutagens : through market incentives or state action? / Catherine J. Damme -- Legal regulation of environmental risk / Richard B. Stewart -- Contamination of breast milk : a clinical and ethical dilemma / Charles U. Lowe -- Regulatory policy for mutagens and teratogens / Nicholas A. Ashford -- Developing a government policy for the regulation of environmental mutagens and teratogens : shopping at the grand bazaar / Gregory T. Halbert.