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.
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