Future Perfect

Lori Andrews has been an adviser on genetic and reproductive technology to Congress, the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and several foreign nations including the emirate of Dubai and the French National Assembly. She is the author of nine books, including The Clone Age: Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology. A professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, she is director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology and Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.

• Acknowledgments 1. Genetics Enters Our Lives 2. Competing Frameworks for Genetics Policy 3. The Impact of Genetic Services on Personal Life 4. The Changing Face of Parenthood in the Genetics Era 5. The Impact of Genetic Services on Women, People of Color, and Individuals with Disabilities 6. Problems in the Delivery of Genetic Services 7. The Impact of Genetics on Cultural Value and Social Institutions 8. Which Conceptual Model Best Fits Genetics? Notes Index

Andrews urges us to face the psychological havoc already being wrought us as, with a few probes into our DNA, a doctor can tell us what genetic diseases may lie in store for us, our families and our fetuses. Chicago Tribune Compelling reading... very useful... intriguing. American Scientist Biotechnology expert Andrews clearly establishes that genetics will change all of our lives in the future-and this change may not necessarily be a positive one... Useful to anyone who is now or will be involved in some aspect of genetic testing. All levels. -- R. G. McGee Jr. Choice Andrews, a world renowned expert on genetic and reproductive technology, provides a fascinating look here at genetic screening... Andrews's legal insight and her ability to look beyond the superficial issues provide a breath of fresh air. Library Journal Future Perfect is most interesting for its explicit focus on the need to find the most appropriate conceptual model for assessing the new genetics... Very readable... based on wide knowledge. Nature This book is important for at least two reasons. First it explores the promises and challenges of the new genetics with comprehensive yet exceptionally readable commentary. Second, it sounds a clarion call to alert us to what Lori Andrews suggests is 'over-promising in genetics' and so to mobilize us in 'combating genetic hubris.' America [Andrews'] unique work clearly makes the case for the need for further development in the project she has initiated with this book. -- Pia de Solenni The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly