Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease: Ethical and Clinical Issues

Health Progress, Sep/Oct 1999

Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease: Ethical and Clinical Issues Stephen G. Post and Peter J Whitehouse, eds., Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1998, 284 pp., $45 (hardcover)

In this book experts from the fields of ethics, genetics, policy, neurology, philosophy, and anthropology examine the ethical and social aspects of genetic testing for Alzheimer's disease. Topics include current genetic findings and their clinical applicability, as well as ethical issues in genetic testing and genetic counseling for Alzheimer's disease. Also covered are confidentiality, fairness, and discrimination in healthcare, and ways to educate professionals and laypeople about these topics.