TY  - BOOK
ED  - Catholic Bishops' Joint Committee on Bio-Ethical Issues.
TI  - Genetic intervention on human subjects
SN  - 095209231X (pbk) :
AV  - QH 442 .C37 1996
U1  - 660.65 21
PY  - 1996///
CY  - London
PB  - Catholic Bishops' Joint Committee on Bioethical Issues
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - Genetic engineering
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Medical technology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-72); Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Gene therapy: scientific and clinical aspects -- Moral considerations: human beings and their fulfilment -- The purpose of medicine -- Genetic health and genetic responsibility -- Genetic interventions: somatic therapy -- Genetic interventions: germ-line therapy -- Non-therapeutic genetic interventions -- Conclusion: permissible forms of genetic intervention -- Appendix A: Legal issues (Mr John Duddington) -- Appendix B: Extracts from Vatican Documents -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Notes
N2  - What is gene therapy and how is it carried out? -- Does it raise any problems? -- What kind of moral position should we take with regard to non-therapeutic genetic interventions? This Report of an interdisciplinary Working Party provides answer to these and other questions often asked about genetic interventions on human beings
ER  -