Fall 2008 - The Johns Hopkins University Press

New in PaperbackSurgically Shaping ChildrenTechnology, Ethics, and the Pursuit of Normalityedited by Erik ParensHonorable Mention, Association of American Publishers’ Professionaland Scholarly Publishing Awards in Clinical MedicineThis volume explores theethical and social issues raisedby the recent proliferation ofsurgeries designed to makechildren born with physicaldifferences look more normal.Using three cases—surgeriesto eliminate craniofacial abnormalitiessuch as cleft lipand palate, surgeries to correctambiguous genitalia, andsurgeries to lengthen thelimbs of children born withdwarfism—the contributorsconsider the tensions parentsexperience when making such life-altering decisions onbehalf of, or with, their children.“Notably, the contributors are parents, adults born with these conditions,clinicians, and ethicists. As such, Surgically Shaping Childrenprovides a unique multidisciplinary examination of the issuesraised.”—JAMA“This compilation of essays edited by Erik Parens is vitally important. . . Provides an amazing wealth of practical advice . . . All the chaptersare well written and engaging . . . Parents facing grueling decisionsabout surgical interventions for their children will find great solacein this book.”—New England Journal of Medicine“An important book for the questions it puts forth.”October 304 pages 6 x 9 2 line drawings—Medical Humanities ReviewErik Parens is a senior research scholar at The HastingsCenter, a visiting professor in the Science, Technology, andSociety Program at Sarah Lawrence College, and the coeditorof Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, andPublic Conversation, also published by Johns Hopkins. Heis also editor of Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and SocialImplications and Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights.978-0-8018-9090-1 0-8018-9090-X $25.00(s) / £14.00 pbMedical EthicsWrestling with BehavioralGeneticsScience, Ethics, and Public Conversationedited by Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman,and Nancy PressWrestling with BehavioralGenetics brings together aninterdisciplinary group ofcontributors—geneticists,humanists, social scientists,lawyers, and journalists—todiscuss the ethical and socialimplications of behavioralgenetics research. The essaysgive readers the necessarytools to critically analyze thefindings of behavioral geneticists,explore competinginterpretations of the ethicaland social implications andengage in a productive publicconversation about them.“Doubtless this book will soon become a classic within behavioralgenetics, and compulsory reading for the non-specialist seeking tounderstand the basic scientific, social, and ethical issues within thefield.”—American Journal of Bioethics“Informative, provocative, and challenging, this book is a must-readfor anyone seeking to understand this emerging field.”—Social Theory and Practice“Promoting public conversation about behavioral genetics will be increasinglypertinent to creating enlightened, fair, and representativepublic policy . . . The ‘wrestling’ will go on for some time to come.”—New England Journal of MedicineErik Parens is a senior research scholar at the HastingsCenter and a visiting professor in the Science, Technology,and Society Program at Sarah Lawrence College. Audrey R.Chapman is a professor of community medicine and HealeyChair in Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Universityof Connecticut School of Medicine. Nancy Press is aprofessor at the School of Nursing and the Department ofPublic Health at the School of Medicine, Oregon Healthand Science University.October 376 pages 6 x 9 9 line drawings, 1 halftone978-0-8018-9091-8 0-8018-9091-8 $25.00(s) / £14.00 pbMedical EthicsHardcover edition published in 2006, 978-0-8018-8305-7, 0-8018-8305-9 Hardcover edition published in 2005, 978-0-8018-8224-1, 0-8018-8224-9THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS www.press.jhu.edu 68