A Life (Un)Worthy of Living Reproductive Genetics in Israel and Germany /

• Main Author: Hashiloni-Dolev, Yael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 34
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Ethics.; Reproductive medicine.; Sociology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Reproductive Medicine.; Sociology, general.

This book presents the findings of a study into the social shaping of reproductive genetics in Germany and Israel, two exceptionally interesting social settings, which share a traumatic history. Based on a variety of empirical materials (including in-depth interviews with genetic counsellors and sur...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Background
• Methodology
• Getting to Know the Field of Reproductive Genetics in Israel and Germany
• Genetic Counselors’ Moral Practices
• Abortions on Embryopathic Grounds: Policy and Practice in Israel and Germany
• Sex Chromosome Anomalies (SCAs) in Israel and Germany: Assessing “Birth Defects” and edical Risks According to the Importance of Fertility*
• “Wrongful Life”, in the eyes of the law, the counselors and the disabled
• The Conflicts Between Individuals, Families and Society, as Well as Between Different Family Members, Embodied in Reproductive Genetics.