The Code of codes : scientific and social issues in the human genome project / edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood.

Other author Kevles, Daniel J., 1939-
Other author Hood, Leroy E.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.
Descriptionx, 397 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Out of eugenics: the historical politics of the human genome / Daniel J. Kevles -- A history of the science and technology behind gene mapping and sequencing / Horace Freeland Judson -- A vision of the grail / Walter Gilbert -- The challenges to technology and informatics / Charles Cantor -- DNA-based medicine: prevention and therapy / C. Thomas Caskey -- Biology and medicine in the twenty-first century / Leroy Hood -- A personal view of the project / James D. Watson -- The social power of genetic information / Dorothy Nelkin -- DNA fingerprinting: science, law, and the ultimate identifier / Eric Lander.
Contents Clairvoyance and caution: repercussions from the human genome project / Nancy Wexler -- Genetic technology and reproductive choice: an ethics for autonomy / Ruth Schwartz Cowan -- Health insurance, employment discrimination, and the genetics revolution / Henry T. Greely -- Nature, nurture, and the human genome project / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Reflections / Kevles, Hood.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-374) and index.
LCCN 91038477
ISBN0674136454 :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RB155 .C575 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold