| Description |
xix, 303 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Biotechnology: the challenges and opportunities -- Law, science and the new biology -- Medical, legal and ethical conundrums at the edge of life -- Contemporary influence of genetics and eugenics in family planning -- Organ procurement and transplantation -- Eldorado and the promise of cryonic suspension -- AIDS: the private and the public dilemmas -- Noble death, rational suicide, or self-determination -- Procreational autonomy: values gone awry? -- The case of the orphan embryos -- Science, religion, and the new biology -- Epilogue: Rome speaks. |
| Subject |
Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Medical ethics.
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Medical ethics. |
| ISBN |
0898854482 |
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