| Description |
xxi, 404 pages ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Bioethics, Overview / Raanan Gillon -- Biotechnology / Michael Reiss -- Birth-control technology / James W. Knight -- Brain death / C.A. Defanti -- Cloning / Thomas H. Murray, Gregory Kaebnick -- Computer and information ethics / Simon Rogerson -- Consequentialism and deontology / Matthew W. Hallgarth -- Embryology, Ethics of / Søren Holm -- Environmental impact assessment / Marja Järvelä -- Feminist ethics / Rosemarie Tong -- Fetal research / Robert H. Blank -- Gene therapy / Adam M. Hedgecoe -- Genetic counseling / Angus J. Clarke -- Genetic engineering / Matti Häyry -- Geneticization / Rogeer Hoedemaekers -- Genetic research / R.O. Mason -- Genetics and behavior / Garland E. Allen -- Genetic screening / Ruth Chadwick -- Genetic technology, Legal regulation of / Tony McGlennan -- Genome analysis / Adam M. Hedgecoe -- Hazardous and toxic substances / Kristin Schrader-Frechette -- Health and disease, Concepts of / Roger Wachbroit -- Health technology assessment / Richard Ashcroft |
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Intrinsic and instrumental value / Nicholas Joll -- Life, Concept of / Maurizio Mori Politeira -- Medical futility / Loretta M. Kopelman -- Novel foods / Ben Mepham -- Nuclear power / Kristin Schrader-Frechette -- Nuclear testing / Steven Lee -- Organ transplants and xenotransplantation / Ruth Chadwick, Udo Schüklenk -- Playing God / William Grey -- Precautionary principle / Jenneth Parker -- Reproductive technologies / Lucy Frith -- Science and engineering ethics, Overview / R.E. Spier -- Slippery slope arguments / Wibren Vand der Burg |
| Analysis |
Biotechnology |
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Medical science |
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Genetic engineering |
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Ethics |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Encyclopedias.
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Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Encyclopedias.
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Technology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Encyclopedias.
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Technological innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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| Author |
Chadwick, Ruth F.
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| LC no. |
00107670 |
| ISBN |
0121663558 |
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