Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines
Subtitle: Genetics, Medicine, and Society (Philosophy and Medicine)
Contributors: L.S. Parker (Editor); Rachel A. Ankeny (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781402010408
Subjects: Medical ethics; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Sociology Of Medicine; Science; Science/Mathematics; Social aspects; Ethics; Genetics; Medical / Ethics; Medical : Ethics; Medical : Genetics; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; General; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Medical genetics
First sentence: The year 2000 marked what is now being called "the century of the gene" (Keller, 2000), and 2003 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the "discovery" of the double helix.