Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation

(Part of the Bioethics Series)

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Hardly a month goes by without a media report proclaiming thatresearchers have discovered the gene for some complex human behavioror trait - intelligence, dyslexia, shyness, homosexuality. The practicalimplications of genetic research can bring great good - relieving parentsof self-blame for a child's schizophrenia or autism and possibly treatinggenetic diseases in the future. Other findings - or perniciousinterpretations of them - can cause great...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801882249

ISBN13:9780801882241

Release Date:December 2005

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"

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