Bioethics
By: Donna Dickenson
Series: All that matters; All that matters
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781444155808
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Genetic engineering; Bioethics; Genetic Engineering; Medical ethics; Medical Ethics; Biotechnology; Ethics
Description: 1. Should we do whatever science lets us do? -- 'Girls! sell you eggs and enjoy the nightlife of Chennai!' -- 3. Designer babies, transhumans and lesser mortals -- 4. Are genes us? -- 5. 'Could you patent the sun?' -- 6. Snowflakes, techno-coolies and the Tooth Fairy: some wonders of stem cell science -- 7. Sacrificial lambs and professional guinea pigs: a bestiary of research bioethics -- 8. God, Mammon and biotechnology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Should we do whatever science lets us do?; title: 'Girls! sell you eggs and enjoy the nightlife of Chennai!'; title: 3. Designer babies, transhumans and lesser mortals; title: 4. Are genes us?; title: 5. 'Could you patent the sun?'; title: 6. Snowflakes, techno-coolies and the Tooth Fairy: some wonders of stem cell science; title: 7. Sacrificial lambs and professional guinea pigs: a bestiary of research bioethics; title: 8. God, Mammon and biotechnology.