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Reprogenetics

Law, Policy, and Ethical Issues

Edited by Lori P. Knowles, Gregory E. Kaebnick ...

Series series Bioethics
From the cloning of Dolly the sheep a decade ago to more recent advances in embryonic stem cell research, new genetic technologies have often spurred polemical, ill-informed debates. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the field of reproductive genetics, where difficult bioethical issues are distilled into sound bites and far-fetched claims for easy public consumption. The underlying ... Read more

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From the cloning of Dolly the sheep a decade ago to more recent advances in embryonic stem cell research, new genetic technologies have often spurred polemical, ill-informed debates. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the field of reproductive genetics, where difficult bioethical issues are distilled into sound bites and far-fetched claims for easy public consumption. The underlying
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Fatal Invention

How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century

by Dorothy Roberts ...

An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a ... Read more

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An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a
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Medical Ethics For Dummies

by Jane Runzheimer, Linda Johnson Larsen ...

A practical, insightful guide to the moral and ethical standards of healthcareSucceeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription. Healthcare professionals are responsible for convincing patients and their family members of the best course of action and treatments to follow, while knowing how to make the right moral and ethical choices, and so much ... Read more

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A practical, insightful guide to the moral and ethical standards of healthcareSucceeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription. Healthcare professionals are responsible for convincing patients and their family members of the best course of action and treatments to follow, while knowing how to make the right moral and ethical choices, and so much
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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

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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.
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Eve

The Disobedient Future of Birth

by Claire Horn ...

Longlist, 2023 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book AwardsA radical interrogation of the ethics and future of birth by an expert legal scholar.Every single one of us has been born from a person. So far. But that is about to change. For the first time, babies could be gestated and born from machines through “Ex-vivo Uterine Environment Therapy,” aka EVE. But such radical technology ... Read more

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Longlist, 2023 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book AwardsA radical interrogation of the ethics and future of birth by an expert legal scholar.Every single one of us has been born from a person. So far. But that is about to change. For the first time, babies could be gestated and born from machines through “Ex-vivo Uterine Environment Therapy,” aka EVE. But such radical technology
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Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die

Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America

by Amy Gutmann, Jonathan D. Moreno ...

NOW FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD, "PANDEMIC ETHICS"From two eminent scholars comes a provocative examination of bioethics and our culture’s obsession with having it all without paying the price.Shockingly, the United States has among the lowest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates of any high-income nation, yet, as Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno show, we spend twice as much per ... Read more

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NOW FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD, "PANDEMIC ETHICS"From two eminent scholars comes a provocative examination of bioethics and our culture’s obsession with having it all without paying the price.Shockingly, the United States has among the lowest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates of any high-income nation, yet, as Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno show, we spend twice as much per
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Reproductive Rights and Wrongs

The Global Politics of Population Control

by Betsy Hartmann ...

"Those involved in women's health issues, Third World studies, and economic development should find food for thought" ( Kirkus Reviews).This is an updated edition of the "influential study" ( Publishers Weekly) of issues surrounding childbirth and the history of population control programs.Challenging conventional wisdom about overpopulation, and uncovering the deeper roots of poverty, ... Read more

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"Those involved in women's health issues, Third World studies, and economic development should find food for thought" ( Kirkus Reviews).This is an updated edition of the "influential study" ( Publishers Weekly) of issues surrounding childbirth and the history of population control programs.Challenging conventional wisdom about overpopulation, and uncovering the deeper roots of poverty,
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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

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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
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Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier

by Ruha Benjamin ...

Stem cell research has sparked controversy and heated debate since the first human stem cell line was derived in 1998. Too frequently these debates devolve to simple judgments—good or bad, life-saving medicine or bioethical nightmare, symbol of human ingenuity or our fall from grace—ignoring the people affected. With this book, Ruha Benjamin moves the terms of debate to focus on the shifting ... Read more

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Stem cell research has sparked controversy and heated debate since the first human stem cell line was derived in 1998. Too frequently these debates devolve to simple judgments—good or bad, life-saving medicine or bioethical nightmare, symbol of human ingenuity or our fall from grace—ignoring the people affected. With this book, Ruha Benjamin moves the terms of debate to focus on the shifting
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Genetics

Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

by Mark P. Aulisio, Françoise Baylis, Geoffrey D. Block, Hawley Fogg-Davis, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Konrad Hockedlinger, Rodulf Jaenisch, Gregory E. Kaebnick, Muin J. Khoury, Roberta Springer Loewy, Thomas May, Edward R. B. McCabe, Linda L. McCabe, Annette Patterson, Jason Scott Robert, Martha Satz, Dena Towner, The President's Council on Bioethics, Francis Fukuyama ...

Series series Readings in Bioethics
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies, is covered regularly in the media, and affects people everyday around the globe. In ... Read more

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Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies, is covered regularly in the media, and affects people everyday around the globe. In
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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 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
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In Our Control

The Complete Guide to Contraceptive Choices for Women

by Laura Eldridge ...

The efficacy and risks of different birth control options are dramatically different today from what they once were thanks to scientific advances and increased awareness of STDs and other factors. In the most comprehensive book on birth control since the 1970s, women's health activist Laura Eldridge discusses the history, scientific advances, and practical uses of everything from condoms to the ... Read more

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The efficacy and risks of different birth control options are dramatically different today from what they once were thanks to scientific advances and increased awareness of STDs and other factors. In the most comprehensive book on birth control since the 1970s, women's health activist Laura Eldridge discusses the history, scientific advances, and practical uses of everything from condoms to the
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