| Description |
xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Readings in bioethics |
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Readings in bioethics.
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| Contents |
Biotechnology and the threat of a posthuman future / Francis Fukuyama -- Crossing species boundaries / Jason Scott Robert and Françoise Baylis -- Genetic counseling and the disabled : feminism examines the stance of those who stand at the gate / Annette Patterson and Martha Satz -- The natural father : genetic paternity testing, marriage, and fatherhood / Gregory E. Kaebnick -- Ethics of preimplantation diagnosis for a woman destined to develop early-onset Alzheimer disease / Dena Towner and Roberta Springer Loewy -- Procreation for donation : the moral and political permissibility of "having a child to save a child" / Mark P. Aulisio, Thomas May, and Geoffrey D. Block -- Population screening in the age of genomic medicine / Muin J. Khoury, Linda L. McCabe, and Edward R.B. McCabe -- Navigating race in the market for human gametes / Hawley Fogg-Davis -- How can you patent genes? / Rebecca S. Eisenberg -- Monitoring stem cell research / The President's Council on Bioethics -- Nuclear transplantation, embryonic stem cells, and the potential for cell therapy / Konrad Hockedlinger and Rodulf Jaenisch |
| Notes |
"A Sheed & Ward book." |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Bioethics.
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Genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Genetic Testing -- ethics.
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Public Policy.
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Genetics, Medical -- ethics.
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Bioethical Issues.
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Genetic Engineering -- ethics.
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| Author |
Shannon, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1940-
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| LC no. |
2004021101 |
| ISBN |
0742532372 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742532380 paperback alkaline paper |
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0742532356 cloth alkaline paper |
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