Genetic Ties and the Family

Mark A. Rothstein is Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine, and director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Thomas H. Murray is president of The Hastings Center. Gregory E. Kaebnick is an associate for philosophical studies at The Hastings Center and editor of the Hastings Center Report. Mary Anderlik Majumder is an assistant professor at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine.

List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction: The Many-Stranded Tapestry of Parenthood
Part I: Family Values: The Shifting Ground of the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 1. Paternity Palaver in the Media: Selling Identity Tests
Chapter 2. Three Meanings of Parenthood
Chapter 3. Ethical Issues in DNA-Based Paternity Testing
Chapter 4. Paternity Testing, Family Relationships, and Child Well-Being
Chapter 5. Family Therapists and Parentage Testing
Chapter 6. From Genes, Marriage, and Money to Nurture: Redefining Fatherhood
Part II: Parentage in American Family Law: Trends and Recommendations
Chapter 7. Duped Dads and Discarded Children: A Historical Perspective on DNA Testing in Child Custody Cases
Chapter 8. Guiding Principles for Picking Parents
Chapter 9. Reforming American Paternity Procedures
Chapter 10. Disestablishment Suits: Daddy No More?
Chapter 11. Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Challenge for Paternity Laws
Chapter 12. Translating Values and Interests into the Law of Parentage Determination
Index