| Description |
xvii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The social management of genetic engineering: an introduction -- 2. Patrolling the boundaries or tracing the contours: cartographic metaphors and the Human Genome Project -- 3. The European community as as ethical actor? policy making on the human genome and the role of the European parliament -- 4. The UK human genome mapping project resource centre: a user analysis -- 5. How long is co-operation in genomics sustainable> -- 6. Human Genome research and the human genome diversity project: some ethical issues -- 7. DNA diagnosis and the emergence of cancer-genetic services in European health care -- 8. From eugenics to therapeutics: the impact of opposition of the development of gene therapy in the USA -- 9. Some moral and legal implications of the new genetics for the foetus -- 10. The moral value of animals: philosophical and ethical considerations regarding modern biotechnology -- 11. Xenografting as a subject for public debate -- 12. Engineering acceptance: representations of 'the public' in debates on biotechnology -- 13. Useful models for biotechnology hazard identification: what is this thing called 'familiarity?' -- 14. Democratising the the policy process for the environmental release of genetic engineered organisms -- 15. Public policy and transgenic animals: case-by-case assessment as a moral learning process -- 16. From animal welfare to intrinsic value: reconstructing public debates on animal biotechnology -- 17. Consensus conferences as participatory policy analysis: a methodological contribution to the social management of technology -- 18. The consequences of modern genetic engineering: patents. 'nomads' and the 'bio-industrial complex' |
| Summary |
Papers based on contributions to two conferences, held in 1995 and 1996 |
| Notes |
Papers based on contributions to two conferences, held in 1995 and 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 327-330. Index |
| Subject |
Genetic engineering -- Social aspects.
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Genetic engineering.
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Human genetics -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Glasner, Peter E.
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Schomberg, René von.
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Wheale, Peter.
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| LC no. |
97076940 |
| ISBN |
1859726860 |
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