Bioethics: All That Matters

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Weight 0.232 kg
Dimensions 1.4 × 13 × 17.7 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

160

Publisher

Year Published

2012-6-29

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1444155806

About The Author

Professor Donna Dickenson is one of the world's leading authorities in Bioethics. Her academic career spans 40 years and includes over 20 books. She is Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of London and holds honorary posts at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford. She won the 'International Spinoza Lens Award' in 2006 for her campaigning work.

A thoughtful, intelligent, highly readable work written by someone with impeccable credentials

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Stem cell research, animal-human hybrids, gene patenting – this book will help the reader make sense of these thorny issues from the cutting edge of biotech science, whose importance will only grow in years to come.

Table Of Content

: 1. Should we do whatever science lets us do?: 2. 'Girls! Sell your eggs and enjoy the nightlife of Chennai!': 3. Designer babies, transhumans and lesser mortals: 4. Are genes us?: 5. 'Could you pattern the sun?': 6. Snowflakes, techno-coolies and the tooth fairy: some wonders of stem cell science: 7. Sacrificial lambs and professional guinea pigs: a bestiary of research bioethics: 8. God, Mammon and biotechnology

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