Encyclopedia of Bioethics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028657748 ISBN 13: 9780028657745

Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference, 2003

Synopsis

Presents a collection of articles about bioethics, covering such topics as embryonic stem cell research, cybernetics, cloning, and bioterrorism.

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Synopsis:

Medical and scientific technology allow us to significantly alter nearly every aspect of human life. We can make people live longer. We can give children to the infertile. We can genetically engineer food and the time is approaching when we will be able to genetically engineer human beings. These developments influence our laws, our economies and our ethical systems. In this constantly changing field of bioethics, many issues have evolved to such a degree that they had barely emerged at the time of the 2nd edition. Ongoing debates are intensifying on a number of issues that were not covered in the 2nd edition, such as cloning, stem cell research, same-sex marriage and privatization of access to water. The articles included in this encyclopedia are multidisciplinary, covering such fields as medicine and health, business, scientific research, philosophy, politics and more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0028657748
• ISBN 13: 9780028657745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 3062
• Editor: Post Stephen G.