Ethical Challenges as we approach the end of the Human Genome Project

Editor: Darryl R.J. Macer, Ph.D.
Eubios Ethics Institute 1998.

Copyright 2000, Eubios Ethics Institute
All commercial rights reserved. This publication may be reproduced for limited educational or academic use, however please enquire with Eubios Ethics Institute.

These files are only text-files, and contain no photographs. The figures in this book are not on-line, only legends are given, but the tables are on-line.

Contents

2-8 Introduction to the genome projects - Darryl Macer, Director IUBS Bioethics Program, Japan

9-19 Genetics and the common good- Ann Lewis Boyd, Hood College, USA and Ole Doering, Institute of Asian Affairs, Germany

20-33 Genes, diversities and Peoples of India - Partha Majumder, Indian Statistical Institute, India

34-47 The genome project from the view of South America -Genoveva Keyeux, Member, IUBS Bioethics Committee, Columbia

47-63 The Catholic moral tradition and the genome project and diversity project - John Fleming, Southern Cross Bioethics Institute, Australia

64-68 A Confucian perspective on ELSI: Genetic determinism, eugenics and gene therapy - Lee Shui Chuen, National Central University, Taiwan

68-77The human genome project and health policy - Robert H. Blank, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

78-85 Protecting genetic difference - Michael S. Yesley, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

85-92 Great leaps forward? The Human Genome Project and sustainable agriculture - Brewster Kneen, Ram's Horn, Canada

93-106 The genome project and public education - Marcus Longley & Rachel Iredale, Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, UK

107-121 What the genome project means for society (conclusion) - Darryl Macer

Further copies can be obtained by ordering from the Eubios Ethics Institute,
div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'>

---