Future Perfect: Confronting Decisions About Genetics

Lori B. Andrews

Paper, 288 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12163-7
$28.50 / £17.00

December, 2000
Cloth, 288 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12162-0
$83.50 / £49.00

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"Compelling reading. . . very useful. . . intriguing." — American Scientist

"[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

"A comprehensive and exceptionally readable analysis of the impact of the new genetics on individuals and institutions in a free society." — Robert H. Blank, Chair of Public Policy, Brunel University, London

Related Subjects

• Law and Legal Studies
• Science Policy

About the Author

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.

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