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Bioscience Ethics.
Discusses the new ways of communicating bioscience ethics, a new but internationally recognised term coined by the author in 1994.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Human origins, natural selection and the evolution of ethics; 2 Sex determination, brain sex and sexual behaviour; 3 Inappropriate lifestyle and congenital disability in children: basic principles of growth, toxicology, teratogenesis and mutagenesis; 4 Substance abuse and parenthood: biological mechanisms
- bioethical responsibilities; 5 Fertility awareness: the ovulatory method of birth control, ageing gametes and congenital malformation in children; 6 Understanding child abuse and its biological consequences.
- 7 The state of wellbeing: basic principles, coping strategies and individual mastery8 The state of wellbeing: on the end-of-life care and euthanasia; 9 Current reproductive technologies: achievements and desired goals; 10 The recombinant DNA technologies; 11 Stem cells, nuclear transfer and cloning technology; 12 Human-dominated ecosystems: re-evaluating environmental priorities; 13 Human-dominated ecosystems: reclaimin.