Genetic Ties and the Family

The Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8193-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 492 g

Reihe: Bioethics

Genetic Ties and the Family brings together experts in history, law, ethics, philosophy, psychology, social work, and sociology to explore the tension between biological and social conceptions of parentage. The contributors consider the effect of DNA-based paternity testing on family relationships and discuss the ethical, legal, and social implications.

These essays reflect the changing concepts of parenthood, along with social factors that heighten conflict, such as single-parent adoption, gay and lesbian parents, child support laws, and new reproductive technologies. Building on scholarship of the last quarter century—including the latest developments in law and social science research—this volume will inform the development of legislation regulating genetic testing and the use of test results in establishing parental rights.

Contributors: Lori B. Andrews, J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law; Elizabeth Bartholet, J.D., Harvard Law School; Jeffrey Blustein, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Nancy E. Dowd, J.D., Levin College of Law, University of Florida; Michael Grossberg, Ph.D., Indiana University; Dorothy Nelkin, B.A., New York University; Jeffrey Parness, J.D., North Illinois University College of Law; Dianne Scott-Jones, Ph.D., Boston College; Daniel Wulff, Ph.D., Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rothstein, Mark A

Murray, Thomas H

Kaebnick, Gregory E

Majumder, Mary Anderlik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction: The Many-Stranded Tapestry of Parenthood
Part I: Family Values: The Shifting Ground of the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 1. Paternity Palaver in the Media: Selling Identity Tests
Chapter 2. Three Meanings of Parenthood
Chapter 3. Ethical Issues in DNA-Based Paternity Testing
Chapter 4. Paternity Testing, Family Relationships, and Child Well-Being
Chapter 5. Family Therapists and Parentage Testing
Chapter 6. From Genes, Marriage, and Money to Nurture: Redefining Fatherhood
Part II: Parentage in American Family Law: Trends and Recommendations
Chapter 7. Duped Dads and Discarded Children: A Historical Perspective on DNA Testing in Child Custody Cases
Chapter 8. Guiding Principles for Picking Parents
Chapter 9. Reforming American Paternity Procedures
Chapter 10. Disestablishment Suits: Daddy No More?
Chapter 11. Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Challenge for Paternity Laws
Chapter 12. Translating Values and Interests into the Law of Parentage Determination
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rothstein, Mark A
Mark A. Rothstein is Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine, and director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

Kaebnick, Gregory E
Gregory E. Kaebnick is the editor of Hastings Center Report, a publication of The Hastings Center, and a coeditor of two books, Reprogenetics: Law, Policy, and Ethical Issues and Genetic Ties and the Family: The Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Murray, Thomas H
Thomas H. Murray is president of the Hastings Center.

Mark A. Rothstein is Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine, and director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Thomas H. Murray is president of The Hastings Center. Gregory E. Kaebnick is an associate for philosophical studies at The Hastings Center and editor of the Hastings Center Report. Mary Anderlik Majumder is an assistant professor at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine.