Ethical, social, and legal dimensions of screening for human genetic disease / editor, Daniel Bergsma ; Genetics Research Group of the Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences.

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1974
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    Subject Index Abnormalities attitudes toward, 177 psychologic response to, 177 Abortion, 46, 146, 155, 188, 190, 191, 193,206,207,212 attitudes toward, 162 justification of, 207,221 selective, 227,235,236 Supreme Court ruling on, 72 Adenomatosis colonic polyposis, familial, 91 Adenosine deaminase deficiency, 3,6, 32, 49 Alpha thalassemia carrier status, 11 screening, 11 Alpha 1 -antitrypsin, 91 deficiency of, 5 diagnosis, 92 globulin, 12 mass screening for, 92 longitudinal studies in, 92 American Medical Association's Prin¬ ciples of Medical Ethics, 62 Arminoacidurias, branched-chain, 10 Amniocentesis, 46, 76, 146, 177, 206, 207,225 Androgen, 130 Anencephaly antenatal detection by amniotic fluid assay, 116 by ultrasound, 116 levels of alpha-fetoprotein as a pros¬ pective test, 117 Aneuploidies, sex chromosome, 125 goals, 130 Ankylosing spondyhtis, 19 Applied genetics, 169 Arteriosclerosis, 86 Artificial insemination donor (AID), attitudes toward, 181 uses of, 181 Autosomal dominant disorders screening for, 86 classification, 87 pathogenesis, 87 prognosis, 87 therapy, 88 Autosomal recessive disorders, 91 Bacterial growth facilitation tests, 7, 10 Bacteriuria, 6 Biochemical profiles, 4 Blood lipids, 47 Blood Resource Studies report, 94 Burden discrimination, 177 financial, 178 mental anguish, avoidance of, 204 of genetic disease, 252 ostracism, 177 societal, 178 to society of defective child, 256,257 Carrier state (see heterozygote) disclosure of, 175,179-181,191 identification of, 173,188 labeling and, 178 physical health significance of, 173 psychologic significance of, 179-181 risks in, 174 role of parent, 176 screening for, 33,34, 38,91 psychologic problems and, 44 stigma and, 178 Center for Disease Control, 49 Childbearing decisions and, 254 economic considerations, 249 parental freedom in, 252 prohibition against, 248 risks in, 209 voluntary rights of, 251 263