This wide ranging and compelling account surveys the exciting opportunities and difficult problems which arise from human genetics.

Preface. Part I. Personal Stories: 1. Daily life and the new genetics: some personal stories 1.2 Huntington's disease S. Wright, J. Madigan, Anon.; 1.3 Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer J. Zatz, E. Macke, Anon.; 1.4 Werdnig-Hoffman's syndrome A. Macaulay, H. Hearnshaw; 1.5 Sickle cell conditions M. France-Dawson, A. Mottoh; 1.6 Personal experiences of genetic diseases: a clinical geneticists' reaction P. S. Harper; Part II. Clinical Context: 2. The new genetics: a user's guide M. Pembrey; 3. Decision-making in the context of genetic risk S. Shiloh; 4. Genetic counselling: some issues of theory and practice S. Michie and T. Marteau; 5. Evaluating carrier testing: objectives and outcomes T. Marteau and E. Anionwu; 6. Psychosocial aspects of prenatal screening and diagnosis J. Green and H. Statham; 7. The genetic testing of children: a clinical perspective A. Clarke and F. Flinter; 8. Predictive genetic testing in children: paternalism or empiricism? S. Michie; Part III. Social Context: 9. The troubled helix: legal aspects of the new genetics D. Morgan; 10. Human pedigree and the 'best stock': from eugenics to genetics? J. Durant, A. Hansen and M. Bauer; 12. Families, kinship and genetics M. Richards; 13. Ethics of human genome analysis: some virtues and vices J. Wood-Harper and J. Harris; 14. Genetics and racism H. Bradby; 15. Predictive genetics: the cultural implications of supplying probable futures C. Davison; 16. The new genetics: a feminist view M. Stacey; 17. Afterword M. Richards and T. Marteau; Index.