Prenatal testing a sociological perspective Aliza Kolker & B. Meredith Burke ; foreword by Arthur L. Caplan.
Detalles de publicación: Westport, Conn. Bergin & Garvey 1994.Descripción: xxii, 221 p. 25 cmISBN:- 0897893379 (alk. paper)
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- RG628 .K65 1994
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Prenatal testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood. Using sociological research, this book analyzes the social-psychological and ethical implications of invasive prenatal testing, particularly CVS and amniocentesis. Among the issues covered are changes in the genetic counseling profession and in client demographics; the challenge of nondirective genetic counseling; decisions on testing and on which test to have; the timing and risks of the procedures; abortion and grief; the ethics of sex selection; potential uses and abuses of genetic knowledge; and policy and ethical implications.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index.
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- Foreword
- The Social Construction of Pregnancy
- The Procedures
- The Ethos of Nondirectiveness
- The Genetic Counseling Session Amniocentesis
- The Early Years
- Who Uses Prenatal Diagnosis Today
- Assessing the Risks
- Attitudes about Abortion
- Abnormal Diagnosis and Termination
- Fetal Sex Identification
- Prenatal Testing and Competing Social Goals
- Appendices
- References
- Index
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ALIZA KOLKER is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University. She is the author or editor of three previous books on health and policy issues.
MEREDITH BURKE, a consulting demographer to major donor agencies overseas, has taught health and demographic policy courses at several universities. Formerly with the international division of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, she was a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1996-7. She has published extensively in professional journals and in the news media about genetics, health care and policy issues.