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1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Stem cells / Peter J. Bryant and Philip H. Schwartz -- Therapeutic uses of stem cells / Philip H. Schwartz and Peter J. Bryant -- Ethical issues in human embryonic stem cell research / Philip J. Nickel -- Religious perspectives on embryonic stem cell research / Mahtab Jafari [and others] -- Political issues in the stem cell debate : the view from California / Lawrence S.B. Goldstein -- Roots and branches of the U.S. national debate on human embryonic stem cell research / Lee L. Zwanziger -- Stem cell politics : the perfect is the enemy of the good / Sidney H. Golub -- Ethical issues in stem cell research, therapy, and public policy / Ronald B. Miller. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Useful for understanding the complex issues - scientific, religious, ethical, and political - that fuel public debate about stem cell research, this book aims to bring together leading scientists, ethicists, political scientists, and doctors to explain this scientific development and explore its ramifications. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Embryonic stem cells -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Embryonic stem cells -- Research. |
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United States. |
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Embryonic stem cells -- Research -- United States -- Religious aspects.
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Embryonic stem cells -- Research -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Embryonic Stem Cells. |
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Biomedical Research -- ethics. |
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Human Experimentation -- ethics. |
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Public Policy. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Monroe, Kristen Renwick, 1946-
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Miller, Ronald Baker.
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Tobis, Jerome S., 1915-2012.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fundamentals of the stem cell debate. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008 9780520252103 0520252101 (DLC) 2007031375 (OCoLC)162507278 |
| ISBN |
9780520940994 (electronic book) |
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0520940997 (electronic book) |
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9781435611399 (electronic book) |
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143561139X (electronic book) |
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1433709015 |
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9781433709012 |
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