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  • Splicing Life?

    The New Genetics and Society

    by Peter Glasner, Harry Rothman ...
    Series series Cardiff Papers in Qualitative Research
    Geno-technology is a technology unlike any other, with significant implications for life in the 21st century. It directly affects us at a deeply personal level, it poses a threat to the boundaries which conventionally define selfhood, it generates potentially novel risks and dangers, and it threatens the very basis of accepted understandings of culture and society. This unique, exploratory volume ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Genetic Imaginations

    Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Human Genome Research

    by Peter Glasner, Harry Rothman ...
    Series series Avebury Series in Philosophy
    The title of this book derives from C. Wright Mills’ classic The Sociological Imagination (Penguin, 1970), in which he sees the essential project of social science as the use of the imagination to 'grasp history and biography and the relations between the two in society'. This enables the social scientist to 'range from the most impersonal and remote transformations to the most intimate features ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Reconfiguring Nature (2004)

    Issues and Debates in the New Genetics

    Edited by Peter Glasner ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Published in 2004, this collection will encourage and foster informed discussion of key issues as society comes to grips with the implications of genetic engineering, the mapping and sequencing of the human genome, and the advent of the post-genomic era. The contributors are prominent social scientists, health specialists, journalists, bioethicists and commercial representatives from the UK, ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Local Cells, Global Science

    The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India

    by Aditya Bharadwaj, Peter Glasner ...
    Series series Genetics and Society
    One of the first studies of an exciting new development in global biotechnology, this cutting edge text examines the extent of the transnational movements of tissues, stem cells, and expertise, in the developing governance framework of India.Documenting the impact of local and global governance frames on the everyday conduct of research, this groundbreaking book traces the journey of ‘spare’ human ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • New Genetics, New Social Formations

    Edited by Peter Glasner, Paul Atkinson, Helen Greenslade ...
    Series series Genetics and Society
    New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and avoid the perceived democratic deficit that may result. Papers in this volume discuss a variety of ... Read more

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  • New Genetics, New Identities

    Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Helen Greenslade ...
    Series series Genetics and Society
    What implications are applications of new genetic technologies in biomedicine having on social identity in today’s society?New Genetics, New Identities, a wide-ranging multi-disciplinary volume in the CESAGen Genetics & Society Book series, presents not only theoretical reflection but also empirical case studies drawn from an international array of authors. Including the highly controversial areas ... Read more

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    The Promethean Promises of the New Biology

    by Hilary Rose, Steven Rose ...
    Our fates lie in our genes and not in the stars, said James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. But Watson could not have predicted the scale of the industry now dedicated to this new frontier. Since the launch of the multibillion-dollar Human Genome Project, the biosciences have promised miracle cures and radical new ways of understanding who we are. But where is the new world we were ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Male Pill

    A Biography of a Technology in the Making

    by Nelly Oudshoorn ...
    The Male Pill is the first book to reveal the history of hormonal contraceptives for men. Nelly Oudshoorn explains why it is that, although the technical feasibility of male contraceptives was demonstrated as early as the 1970s, there is, to date, no male pill. Ever since the idea of hormonal contraceptives for men was introduced, scientists, feminists, journalists, and pharmaceutical ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Responsible Conduct of Research

    by Adil E. Shamoo, David B. Resnik ...
    Recent scandals and controversies, such as data fabrication in federally funded science, data manipulation and distortion in private industry, and human embryonic stem cell research, illustrate the importance of ethics in science. Responsible Conduct of Research, now in a completely updated second edition, provides an introduction to the social, ethical, and legal issues facing scientists today. ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Me Medicine vs. We Medicine

    Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good

    by Donna Dickenson ...
    Personalized healthcare—or what the award-winning author Donna Dickenson calls "Me Medicine"—is radically transforming our longstanding "one-size-fits-all" model. Technologies such as direct-to-consumer genetic testing, pharmacogenetically developed therapies in cancer care, private umbilical cord blood banking, and neurocognitive enhancement claim to cater to an individual's specific biological ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Genomics, Health and Society

    Edited by Sahra Gibbon, Barbara Prainsack, Stephen Hilgartner, Janelle Lamoreaux ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Handbook provides an essential resource at the interface of Genomics, Health and Society, and forms a crucial research tool for both new students and established scholars across biomedicine and social sciences. Building from and extending the first Routledge Handbook of Genetics and Society, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to pivotal themes within the field, an overview of the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Introduction to Bioethics, An: Fourth Edition - Revised and Updated

    by Thomas A. Shannon & Nicholas J. Kockler ...
    This book provides an introductory survey of various bioethical issues facing society from beginning of life issues to end of life issues, and several issues in between. ... Read more

    $18.35 USD