Wrestling With the Future: Our Genes and Our Choices - Softcover

As scientists continue to identify the genes that cause various diseases more and more people face the prospect and consequences of genetic testing. In clear, basic language, and using a question-and-answer format, GENETIC TESTING helps readers sort through the various ethical, religious and legal concerns, such as: *the benefits and burdens of genetic testing for adults, newborns, young children and adolescents *the concerns around prenatal testing and the decisions that may need to be made based on the test results *the possible consequences of genetic information being available to employers, insurance companies and others *religious responses to test results and decisions

Includes questions readers can ask their health care providers, case studies for parish study, and an extensive resource section full of national organizations who can help, as well as a bibliography for further reading.

Cynthia B. Cohen PH. D., J.D., Committee Chair, of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, has also written "Assisted Suicide & Enthanasia: Christian Moral Perspectives" and Before You Need Them: Advance Directives for Health Care, Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney".

... helpful introduction ... well-written... doesn't get bogged down in technical language yet reflects an in-depth understanding of the field. -- Richard C. Crossman, PhD, as printed in Pastoral Sciences, Spring 2001

...practical resource... helps readers sort through relevant ethical, theological and legal concerns. -- Cynthia Cohen, senior research fellow, Kennedy School of Ethics, and co-chair, Anglican Working Group in Bioethics, Virginia Theological Seminary, as printed in Episcopal Life, November 2000