| Description |
1 online resource (244 pages) |
| Contents |
Genetic aetiology of infertility / Amu Bashamboo, Celia Ravel and Ken McElreavy -- Disorders of sex development / Lin Lin and John C. Achermann -- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis : current practice and future possibilities / Alison Lashwood and Tarek El-Toukhy -- Ethical aspects of saviour siblings : procreative reasons and the treatment of children / Mark Sheehan -- Epigenetics, assisted reproductive technologies and growth restriction / Jennifer M. Frost [and others] -- Fetal stem cell surgery / Jennifer Ruam, Michael Ting and Nicholas Fisk -- Prenatal gene therapy / Khalil Abi-Nader and Anna David -- Ethical aspects of stem cell therapy and gene therapy / Søren Holm -- Fetal dysmorphology : the role of the geneticist in the fetal medicine unit in targeting diagnostic tests / Tessa Homfray -- Fetal karotyping : what should we be offering and how? / John Crolla -- Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis : the future of prenatal genetic diagnosis? / Lyn Chitty, Gail Norbury and Helen White -- Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis for fetal blood group status / Geoff Daniels [and others] -- Selective termination of pregnancy and preimplantation genetic diagnosis : some ethical issues in the interpretation of legal criteria / rosamund Scott -- Implementation and auditing of new genetics and tests : translating genetic tests into practice in the NHS / Rob Elles and Ian Frayling -- New advances in prenatal genetic testing : the parent perspective / Jane Fisher -- Informed consent : what should we be doing? / Jenny Hewison and Louise Bryant -- Consensus views arising from the 57th Study Group : reproductive genetics |
| Summary |
This is a unique book, covering areas not available elsewhere. Within its pages, the authors discuss many diverse areas relating to reproduction and genetics. Great progress has been made in the field of genetics within the past decade. This, combined with our growing knowledge, has impacted on this important area with interesting consequences. The ability to identify genetic defects before implantation, to diagnose fetal abnormalities and to introduce screening programmes means that genetic testing now has a major role in preventive medicine. These topics are discussed in detail in the book. In parallel with these advances, other aspects that cannot be ignored, such as education of the public and the potential ethical dilemmas that may arise by virtue of these new methodologies, are raised and discussed in this volume, which is based on the 57th RCOG Study Group and includes a set of consensus views from the expert participants. This book provides topical and essential information for practising clinicians, researchers and other healthcare professionals interested in these fields of study |
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Human reproduction -- Congresses
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Human genetics -- Congresses
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Human genetics
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Human reproduction
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kehoe, Sean.
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Chitty, Lyn.
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Homfray, Tessa.
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| ISBN |
1283269082 |
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9781283269087 |
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9781906985554 |
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1906985553 |
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