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Changing nature's course : the ethical challenge of biotechnology /
Biotechnology marks a new scientific revolution. It holds the promise of generating resources to meet our needs in the fight against hunger, disease and environmental disasters. However, critics argue that biotechnology will jeopardize evolution and add incalculable, self-made risks to the fragile c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Biotechnology--the new ethical frontier: an introduction / Gerhold K. Becker
- Production, use and biosafety of genetically engineering resistance to plant virus diseases / Po Tien
- Some environmental and ethical considerations of genetically engineered plants and foods / Philip L. Bereano
- Sacrificed for science: are animal experiments morally defensible? / Raymond Wacks
- Clinical and ethical challenges of genetic markers for severe human hereditary disorders / Rita Kielstein
- Ethical considerations arising from economic aspects of human genetics / Edward S. Golub
- Technology assessment, ethics and public policy in biotechnology: the case of the Human Genome Project / Joel Zimbelman
- The Conflict between the advancement of medical science and technology and traditional Chinese medical ethics / Da-pu Shi and Lin Yu
- In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: technological achievements and ethical concerns / Kazumasa Hoshino
- Moral risk assessment in biotechnology / Hans-Martin Sass
- Anthropology as the basis of bioethics / Reinhard Löw
- Reflections on method in theology and genetics: from suspicion to critical cooperation / Anthony O. Dyson
- Bioethics and genetics in Asia and the Pacific: is universal bioethics possible? / Darryl Macer
- Future-perfect? Biotechnology and the ethics of the unknown: an afterword / James P. Buchanan.