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Title:

The concise encyclopedia of the ethics of new technologies / edited by Ruth Chadwick.

Publisher:

Academic Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xxi, 404 p. ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.--Encyclopedias.
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.--Encyclopedias.
Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.--Encyclopedias.
Technology, Medical--English.--Encyclopedias--English.
Bioethics--Encyclopedias--English.
Biotechnology--Encyclopedias--English.
Ethics, Medical--Encyclopedias--English.
Bioéthique--Encyclopédies.
Biotechnologie--Aspect moral--Encyclopédies.
Génie génétique--Aspect moral.--Encyclopédies.
Technologie--Aspect moral--Encyclopédies.

Other Authors:

Chadwick, Ruth F.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Slippery slope arguments / Wibren Vand der Burg -- Biotechnology / Michael Reiss -- Birth-control technology / James W. Knight -- Brain death / C.A. Defanti -- Cloning / Thomas H. Murray, Gregory Kaebnick -- Computer and information ethics / Simon Rogerson -- Consequentialism and deontology / Matthew W. Hallgarth -- Embryology, Ethics of / Søren Holm -- Environmental impact assessment / Marja Järvelä -- Feminist ethics / Rosemarie Tong -- Fetal research / Robert H. Blank -- Gene therapy / Adam M. Hedgecoe -- Genetic counseling / Angus J. Clarke -- Genetic engineering / Matti Häyry -- Geneticization / Rogeer Hoedemaekers -- Genetic research / R.O. Mason -- Genetics and behavior / Garland E. Allen -- Genetic screening / Ruth Chadwick -- Genetic technology, Legal regulation of / Tony McGlennan -- Genome analysis / Adam M. Hedgecoe -- Hazardous and toxic substances / Kristin Schrader-Frechette -- Health and disease, Concepts of / Roger Wachbroit -- Health technology assessment / Richard Ashcroft -- Human nature, View of / Strachan Donnelley -- Human research subjects, Selection of / Richard Ashcroft -- Intrinsic and instrumental value / Nicholas Joll -- Life, Concept of / Maurizio Mori Politeira -- Medical futility / Loretta M. Kopelman -- Novel foods / Ben Mepham -- Nuclear power / Kristin Schrader-Frechette -- Nuclear testing / Steven Lee -- Organ transplants and xenotransplantation / Ruth Chadwick, Udo Schüklenk -- Playing God / William Grey -- Precautionary principle / Jenneth Parker -- Reproductive technologies / Lucy Frith -- Science and engineering ethics, Overview / R.E. Spier -- Slippery slope arguments / Wibren Vand der Burg -- Index.

ISBN:

9780121663551 (alk. paper)
0121663558 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45615331
(OCoLC)44915797

LCCN:

00107670

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)