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According to mythology, Janus was the god of gates and doors, beginnings and endings. Janus was usually depicted with two heads, looking in opposite directions, the past and the future. He symbolized the progression from the past to the future.
The book starts with a quote by Sigmund Freud from Civilization and Its Discontents: “Future ages will bring with them new and probably unimaginably great advances in this field of civilization and will increase man's likeness to God still more. But in the interests of our investigations, we will not forget that present-day man does not feel happy in this Godlike character.”
Are we Dr. Faust playing God?
The book presents a large and thorough reflection on the delicate, highly emotional, complex, and sometimes controversial topic of prenatal diagnosis (hereafter referred to as PND): its medical, ethical, legal,