Cross-cultural biotechnology
By: edited by Micheal C. Brannigan.
Contributors: Brannigan, Michael C., 1948-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Biotechnology -- Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The need for cross-cultural perspectives in biotechnology / Michael C. Brannigan; title: Commercialization and benefit sharing of biotechnology: cross-cultural concerns? / Donald Chalmers; title: The International Human Genome Project: an overview / Michael J. Morgan and Susan E. Wallace; title: Ethical and legal aspects of biotechnology / Ryuichi Ida; title: The ethics and policy issues in creating a stem cell donor: a case study in reproductive genetics / Jeffrey P. Kahn and Anna C. Mastroianni; title: Optimizing safety and benefits of genetic testing: a look at the Canadian policy / Mylhne Deschjnes; title: Experimentation on human embryos: the bioethical discussion in Europe with special attention to Austria and Germany / Henrich Ganthaler; title: The cultural challenge of biotechnology in post-communist Europe / Larissa P. Zhiganova and Yuri M. Gariev; title: Why is this gene different from all other genes? the Jewish approach to biotechnology / Edward Reichman; title: Islamic perspectives on biotechnology / Bushra Mirza; title: Agricultural biotechnology in African countries / Martin O. Makinde; title: Autonomy, humane medicine, and research ethics: an East Asian perspecitve / David Kum-Wah Chan; title: Indigenous knowledge, patenting, and the biotechnology industry / Stella Gonzalez Arnal; title: Cross-cultural issues in balancing patent rights and consumer access to biotechnological and pharmaceutical inventions / Dianne Nicol; title: Media, biotechnology, and culture / Margaret Coffey; title: Tricksters, the plague, and mirrors: biotechnology, bioterrorism, and justice / Katharine R. Meacham and Jo Ann T. Croom.