Riaz Hassan AM, FASSA

The Ethical, Social and Legal Implications of the Human Genome Project

Edited by Professor Riaz Hassan
Table of contents
Introduction

Section 1: The Human Genome Project and The Post-Genomic Society - Scientific and Social Challenges

The Human Genome Project: Scientific Achievement and Impact on the Future of Medicine (Professor Grant Sutherland)
Post-Genomic Society: Brave New World or Brave New World? (Dr David Turner)
Manufactured Longevity: Social Consequences of the Human Genome Project (Riaz Hassan)

Section 2: The New Genetics, Public Health and Health Inequalities

Public Health and Genetics: Challenges for the Social Sciences (Assoc Professor Evan Willis)
The New Genetics, Health and Social Inequalities: Whose Decisions, Whose Responsibilities? (Dr Maria Zadoroznyj)

Section 3: The Human Genome Project and Human Identity

Genetic Counselling and the Rhetoric of 'non-directiveness' (Alan Petersen)
Identities Not Readily Notices: An Olympian Odyssey (Dr Christopher Newell)
The Human Genome Project Information, Embodiment and Experience (Dr Catherine Waldby)

Section 4: God's Mistakes: The Ethics and Etiquettes of Managing Genetic Information

Genetic Testing and Insurance: When Discrimination is Justified (Mr David Keays)
Genetics and the Patient: A Clinical and Research Perspective ( Professor Robert Goldney)

Section 5: The Legal, Economic and Ethical Implications of the Humam Genome Project

Turning the 'Book of Life' into a stock offering (Professor Barbara Katz Rothman)
The Spectre of Designer Babies ( Assoc Professor Ian Hunt)
Some Legal Implications of the Human Genome Project (Assoc Professor Colin Thomson)