Issues in Fetal Medicine: Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Symposium of the Galton Institute, London 1992 (Studies in Biology, Economy and Society)

This book explores the emerging speciality of fetal medicine. The new technology for examining DNA is described as a background to later chapters concerned with gene therapy and the examination of the conceptus. An account of laboratory techniques for studying the mouse embryo is illustrated by outstanding photographs of scanning electron microscopy. This book will be of interest to all those who are involved with the care of the pregnant woman and her fetus whether in medicine or in the law. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii The Galton Lecture for 1992: The Changing Status of the Fetus....Pages 1-21 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Applications of Recent Advances in DNA Techniques to Diagnosis in the Fetus....Pages 24-42 Normal Fetal Development and the Time of Origin of Some Structural Abnormalities....Pages 43-57 Preimplantation Diagnosis of Genetic Disease....Pages 58-68 Clinical Methods of Prenatal Diagnosis....Pages 69-81 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Management in a Fetal Medicine Clinic....Pages 84-93 Fetal Surgery....Pages 94-104 Fetal Therapy....Pages 105-113 Gene Therapy and Fetal Medicine....Pages 114-132 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 ‘Calming or Harming?’ The Ethics of Screening for Fetal Defects....Pages 134-141 The Legal Status of the Embryo and the Fetus....Pages 142-162 Fetal Medicine: Legal and Ethical Implications....Pages 163-171 Back Matter....Pages 173-180 Explores the emerging speciality of foetal medicine, discussing: the most recent technology for examining DNA; the investigation and management of foetal disorders; the ethics of screening for congenital abnormalities; and recent legislation affecting the foetus.