| Description |
xxvii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Basic bioethics |
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Basic bioethics.
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| Note |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index. |
| Contents |
I. Science and background of human embryonic stem cells -- Human embryonic stem cells: a primer on the technology and its medical applications / Thomas B. Okarma -- Human embryonic stem cells / James A. Thomson -- The stem cell debate in historical context / John C. Fletcher -- II Raising the ethical issues -- On the ethics and politics of embryonic stem cell research / Erik Parens -- Human embryonic stem cell research: comments on the NBAC report / Francoise Baylis -- NBAC's arguments on embryo research: strengths and weaknesses / John C. Fletcher -- Beyond the embryo: a feminist appraisal of the embryonic stem cell debate / Suzanne Holland -- III. Angles of vision -- Stem cell research - A Jewish perspective / Elliot N. Dorff -- Ethics of the eighth day: jewish bioethics and research on human embryonic stem cells / Laurie Zoloth -- Roman catholic views on research involving human embryonic stem cells / Margaret A. Farley -- Human embryonic stem cells: possible approaches from a catholic perspective / Michael M. Mendiola -- Embryonic stem cells and the theology of dignity / Ted Peters -- Some protestant reflections / Gilbert Meilaender -- On the elusive nature of respect / Karen Lebacqz -- Ethical issues: A secular perspective / Ernle W.D. Young -- IV Public discourse, oversight, and the role of research in society -- From the micro to the macro / Thomas A. Shannon -- "Expert Bioethics" as professional discourse: the case of stem cells / Paul Root Wolpe, Glenn McGee -- Stem cells: shaping the future in public policy / Margaret R. McLean -- Leaps and boundaries: expanding oversight of human stem cell research / Cynthia B. Cohen -- Jordan's banks: a view from the first years of human embryonic stem cell research / Laurie Zoloth. |
| Subject |
Fetus -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Stem cells -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Embryonic Structures -- United States.
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Stem Cells -- United States.
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Bioethics -- United States.
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Public Policy -- United States.
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Research -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Holland, Suzanne.
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Lebacqz, Karen, 1945-
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Zoloth, Laurie.
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| ISBN |
0262082993 hardcover |
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0262582082 paperback |
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