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Biopolicy : the Life Sciences and Public Policy.
Biology can inform public policy in a number of ways. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (what the book refers to as biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory fo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bradford :
Emerald Group Pub.,
2012.
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| Colección: | Research in Biopolitics, 10.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Biology can inform public policy in a number of ways. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (what the book refers to as biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory for policy-making. The first part of the book provides an introduction to the subject of biopolicy as well as the relevance of the brain sciences and evolutionary theory for this subject. The second part considers several case studies of how these points of departure inform our knowledge of policy. Am. |
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| Notas: | Ethical implications for the human-animal relationship and the human identity. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (251 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781780528212 1780528213 |