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Thinking in Action Serie de eBooks

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  • On Cloning

    de John Harris ...
    Series series Thinking in Action
    Cloning - few words have as much potential to grip our imagination or grab the headlines. No longer the stuff of science fiction or Star Wars - it is happening now. Yet human cloning is currently banned throughout the world, and therapeutic cloning banned in many countries. In this highly controversial book, John Harris does a lot more than ask why we are so afraid of cloning. He presents a deft ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

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

    de 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. ... Leer más

    $18.35 USD

  • Genetics

    Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $97.19 USD

  • New Genetics, New Identities

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

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  • An Anthropology of Biomedicine

    de Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Margaret M. Lock ...
    An Anthropology of Biomedicine is an exciting new introduction to biomedicine and its global implications. Focusing on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies bring about radical changes to societies at large, cultural anthropologist Margaret Lock and her co-author physician and medical anthropologist Vinh-Kim Nguyen develop and integrate the thesis that the human body in ... Leer más

    $68.50 USD

  • Bioethics

    An Introduction

    de Marianne Talbot ...
    Providing readers with the confidence needed to debate key issues in bioethics, this introductory text clearly explains bioethical theories and their philosophical foundations. Over 250 activities introduce topics for personal reflection, and discussion points encourage students to think for themselves and build their own arguments. Highlighting the potential pitfalls for those new to bioethics, ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • Bioethics Beyond the Headlines

    Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?

    de Albert R. Jonsen ...
    Bioethics asks fundamental questions. 'Who lives? Who dies? Who decides?' These questions are relevant to us all. Too often, the general public's sole encounter with these weighty questions is through sound bites fed to us by the media-where complex, difficult matters are typically presented in superficial and inaccurate terms. Here, renowned bioethicist Albert R. Jonsen equips readers with the ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People

    de John Harris ...
    Decisive biotechnological interventions in the lottery of human life--to enhance our bodies and brains and perhaps irreversibly change our genetic makeup--have been widely rejected as unethical and undesirable and have often met with extreme hostility. But in Enhancing Evolution leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering stem-cell research designer babies ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Genes, Cells and Brains

    The Promethean Promises of the New Biology

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Beyond Abortion

    A Chronicle of Fetal Experimentation

    de Suzanne Rini ...
    The only book we know on the subject of harvesting fetal organs from living children after they are aborted. Uncovers the network of medical researchers; hidden from public view; whose work seems to be preparing us for a Nazi-like eugenics program; featuring mandatory elimination of the handicapped; before and after birth. The barbarity of this activity beggars description or condemnation! 224 pgs ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine

    de Nathaniel Comfort ...
    Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements, and scientific reports that promise genetic medicine will make us live longer, enable doctors to identify and treat diseases before they start, and individualize our medical care. But surprisingly, a century ago eugenicists were making the same promises. The Science of Human Perfection traces the history of the promises of medical genetics and of ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Moral Case for Abortion

    A Defence of Reproductive Choice

    de Ann Furedi ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This revised and updated edition of the 2016 bestselling work sets out the moral arguments for a woman’s right to decide the future of her pregnancy. Drawing on traditions of philosophical and sociological thinking, it presents the case for recognizing autonomy in personal, private decision-making about reproductive intentions. Further, it argues that to prevent a woman making this decision ... Leer más

    $23.79 USD