The Right to Know and the Right Not to Know

Cambridge Bioethics and Law

by Ruth F. Chadwick (Editor)

Not, alas, the long-awaited guide for silencing the incessant bore on the next bar stool, but an exploration of privacy and other ethical issues around genetic screening. Nine essays from perspectives of philosophy, the history of medicine, sociology, law, and public health grapple with such conflicts as the right to hope versus the right to certainty, whether it is possible to decide not to know without knowing what there is to know, the duty to know as much as possible, a right to confidentiality, a duty to let family and others know, a right to ignorance, and autonomy versus solidarity. No index. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997