Legalising Mitochondrial Donation

Enacting Ethical Futures in UK Biomedical Politics

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Health & Well Being, Medical, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Legalising Mitochondrial Donation by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens, Springer International Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens ISBN: 9783319746456
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: March 21, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
ISBN: 9783319746456
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: March 21, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

In 2015 the UK became the first country in the world to legalise mitochondrial donation, a controversial germ line reproductive technology to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial disease. Dimond and Stephens track the intense period of scientific and ethical review, public consultation and parliamentary debates preceeding the decision. They draw on stakeholder accounts and public documents to explore how patients, professionals, institutions and publics mobilised within ‘for’ and ‘against’ clusters, engaging in extensive promissory, emotional, bureaucratic, ethical, embodied and clinical labour to justify competing visions of an ethical future. They describe how this decision is the latest iteration of a UK sociotechnical imaginary in which the further liberalization of human embryo research and use is rendered legitimate and ethical through modes of consultation and permissive but strictly regulated licensing. Overall, this book presents a timely, multi-dimensional, and sociological account of a globally significant landmark in the history of human genetics, and will be relevant to those with an interest in genetics, Science, Technology and Society, the sociology of medicine, reproductive technology, and public policy debate.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In 2015 the UK became the first country in the world to legalise mitochondrial donation, a controversial germ line reproductive technology to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial disease. Dimond and Stephens track the intense period of scientific and ethical review, public consultation and parliamentary debates preceeding the decision. They draw on stakeholder accounts and public documents to explore how patients, professionals, institutions and publics mobilised within ‘for’ and ‘against’ clusters, engaging in extensive promissory, emotional, bureaucratic, ethical, embodied and clinical labour to justify competing visions of an ethical future. They describe how this decision is the latest iteration of a UK sociotechnical imaginary in which the further liberalization of human embryo research and use is rendered legitimate and ethical through modes of consultation and permissive but strictly regulated licensing. Overall, this book presents a timely, multi-dimensional, and sociological account of a globally significant landmark in the history of human genetics, and will be relevant to those with an interest in genetics, Science, Technology and Society, the sociology of medicine, reproductive technology, and public policy debate.

More books from Springer International Publishing

Cover of the book Engineering and Enterprise by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Philosophical Presentations of Raising Children by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book KI 2018: Advances in Artificial Intelligence by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Communications and Networking by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Salinity Responses and Tolerance in Plants, Volume 1 by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Love and Marriage Across Social Classes in American Cinema by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Nonlinear Structures and Systems, Volume 1 by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Advances in Managing Humanitarian Operations by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book RoboCup 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Modern Mysteries of the Moon by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Hayek: A Collaborative Biography by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Collaboration in Creative Design by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book FluSHELL – A Tool for Thermal Modelling and Simulation of Windings for Large Shell-Type Power Transformers by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book German-Sino Business Networks by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
Cover of the book Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2018 by Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy