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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.
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