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02747aam a2200433 a 4500 001 D92D08FEFD1811DFA688D09D6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20230114020400 008 100518s2011 miua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010020229 020 $a 0737750138 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780737750133 (pbk.) 020 $a 073775012X (hardcover) 020 $a 9780737750126 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d WIQ $d SILO 050 00 $a PR5397.F733 $b B56 2011 245 0 $a Bioethics in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein / $c Gary Wiener, book editor. 260 $a Detroit : $b Greenhaven Press, $c c2011. 300 $a 174 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Social issues in literature 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Background on Mary Shelley -- The life of Mary Shelley -- Mary Shelley shared Victor Frankenstein's interest in science -- Mary Shelley's knowledge of science was limited -- Frankenstein and bioethics -- Frankenstein is an early research ethics text -- Shelley's Victor Frankenstein was modeled after an eccentric physician -- Victor Frankenstein is Shelley's true immortal monster -- Frankenstein comments on the male construction of medical science -- Frankenstein is a mad scientist who attempts to revise nature -- Frankenstein taps into biotechnical desires and fears -- Artificial creaures of mdoern films renew sympathy for Frankenstein's creation -- Frankenstein points out the dilemma of all science-based technology -- Frankenstein warns of the perils of Promethean science -- Contemporary perspectives on bioethics -- Transplant surgeons must determine when an organ donor is truly dead -- The sale of body parts should be legalized -- Stem cell research poses difficult ethical, monetary, and political issues -- Ethical issues demand good, working relationships between physicians and patients -- Genetic testing forces parents to make difficult decisions. 600 10 $a Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, $d 1797-1851. $t Frankenstein. 600 10 $a Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, $d 1797-1851 $x Science. 650 0 $a Science fiction, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Bioethics in literature. 650 0 $a Scientists in literature. 650 0 $a Science in literature. 650 0 $a Monsters in literature. 650 0 $a Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) 650 0 $a Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) 700 1 $a Wiener, Gary. 830 0 $a Social issues in literature. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240717022146.0 952 $l HYAX325 $d 20180623024255.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20101201010819.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D92D08FEFD1811DFA688D09D6AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search