Gene Transfer and the Ethics of First-in-Human Research - Lost in Translation (Paperback)

Human gene transfer is widely regarded as one of the most promising technologies for the treatment of a variety of disorders, but it presents practitioners with a variety of difficult ethical questions. Gene Transfer and the Ethics of First-in-Human Research examines the ethical and policy dimensions of testing interventions in human beings for the first time. The book discusses the difficult ethical challenges that arise from attempting to translate laboratory discoveries into clinical applications. These range from which available techniques to use, when to initiate human testing, questions of consent, expectation in public arenas, how to define acceptable risk, and the inclusion of vulnerable or disadvantaged subjects in early phase trials. This book is relevant to ethicists, legal practitioners, policy makers, geneticists and clinicians involved in clinical trials of new medical interventions.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	2010
Authors:	Jonathan Kimmelman
Dimensions:	233 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-69084-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medicolegal issues Promotions
LSN:	0-521-69084-6
Barcode:	9780521690843

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