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Author Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-

Title Bioethics : bridge to the future / Van Rensselaer Potter
Published Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1971]
©1971

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  574.52 Pot/Bbt  DUE 28-03-24
Description xvii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series Prentice-Hall biological science series
Prentice-Hall biological science series.
Contents Bioethics, the science of survival -- Teilhard de Chardin and the concept of purpose -- Bridge to the future: the concept of human progress -- Society and science -- Dangerous knowledge: the dilemma of modern science -- Council on the future -- The role of disorder in human activity and thought -- The role of the individual in modern society -- Intracellular responses to environmental change: The quest for optimum environment -- How is an optimum environment defined? -- Science and biological man -- Biocybernetics--the key to environmental science -- Survival as a goal for wisdom
Analysis Bioethics
Bibliography Includes bibliographies
Subject Bioethics.
Biology -- Social aspects.
Medical ethics.
Ecology.
Ethics.
LC no. 72149060
ISBN 0130765058 (paperback)
0130765139