The human embryonic stem cell debate
Subtitle: science, ethics, and public policy
By: edited by Suzanne Holland, Karen Lebacqz, and Laurie Zoloth.
Contributors: Holland, Suzanne.; Lebacqz, Karen, 1945-; Zoloth, Laurie.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Human embryo -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects; Stem cells -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. The; title: science and background of human embryonic stem cells --; title: Human embryonic stem cells: a primer on the technology and its medical applications -- Thomas B. Okarma; title: Human embryonic stem cells -- James A. Thomson -- The; title: stem cell debate in historical context -- John C. Fletcher -- II; title: Raising the ethical issues --; title: On the ethics and politics of embryonic stem cell research -- Erik Parens; title: Human embryonic stem cell research: comments on the NBAC report -- Francoise Baylis; title: NBAC's arguments on embryo research: strengths and weaknesses -- John C. Fletcher; title: Beyond the embryo: a feminist appraisal of the embryonic stem cell debate / Suzanne Holland -- -- III.; title: Angles of vision --; title: Stem cell research - A Jewish perspective / Elliot N. Dorff -- -- The; title: ethics of the eighth day: jewish bioethics and research on human embryonic stem cells -- Laurie Zoloth; title: Roman catholic views on research involving human embryonic stem cells -- Margaret A. Farley; title: Human embryonic stem cells: possible approaches from a catholic perspective -- Michael M. Mendiola; title: Embryonic stem cells and the theology of dignity -- Ted Peters; title: Some protestant reflections / Gilbert Meilaender --; title: On the elusive nature of respect -- Karen Lebacqz; title: Ethical issues: A secular perspective -- Ernle W.D. Young -- IV; title: Public discourse, oversight, and the role of research in society --; title: From the micro to the macro -- Thomas A. Shannon; title: "Expert Bioethics" as professional discourse: the case of stem cells -- Paul Root Wolpe, Glenn McGee; title: Stem cells: shaping the future in public policy -- Margaret R. McLean; title: Leaps and boundaries: expanding oversight of human stem cell research -- Cynthia B. Cohen; title: Jordan's banks: a view from the first years of human embryonic stem cell research-- Laurie Zoloth.