Step into the lives of six people at the center of ethical dilemmas and decide for yourself how to resolve difficult conflicts. You will see how your opinions compare to those of others at the end of each case.
A patient's inherited disease may endanger travelers; as a family doctor, do you warn of public danger, or protect the privacy of patients and their children?
Your family carries a genetic disease fatal for boys. New technologies allow you to choose the sex of your baby. What else would you be willing to choose?
Genetic predispositions for disease will affect us all. Indeed, someone you work with carries a gene for a deadly disease that strikes with little warning. Is he (and are we all) obliged to get tested to prevent disease—and disaster?
Research on part-human, part-animal embryos offers hope for incurable diseases. As a biologist, how much are you willing to manipulate human cells and embryos?