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  • Reprogenetics

    Law, Policy, and Ethical Issues

    Serier serie Bioethics
    From the cloning of Dolly the sheep a decade ago to more recent advances in embryonic stem cell research, new genetic technologies have often spurred polemical, ill-informed debates. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the field of reproductive genetics, where difficult bioethical issues are distilled into sound bites and far-fetched claims for easy public consumption. The underlying ... Læs mere

    455,51 kr.

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  • Fatal Invention

    How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century

    An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Medical Ethics For Dummies

    A practical, insightful guide to the moral and ethical standards of healthcareSucceeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription. Healthcare professionals are responsible for convincing patients and their family members of the best course of action and treatments to follow, while knowing how to make the right moral and ethical choices, and so much ... Læs mere

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  • Introduction to Bioethics, An: Fourth Edition - Revised and Updated

    This book provides an introductory survey of various bioethical issues facing society from beginning of life issues to end of life issues, and several issues in between. ... Læs mere

    144,24 kr.

  • Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die

    Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America

    NOW FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD, "PANDEMIC ETHICS"From two eminent scholars comes a provocative examination of bioethics and our culture’s obsession with having it all without paying the price.Shockingly, the United States has among the lowest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates of any high-income nation, yet, as Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno show, we spend twice as much per ... Læs mere

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  • Reproductive Rights and Wrongs

    The Global Politics of Population Control

    "Those involved in women's health issues, Third World studies, and economic development should find food for thought" ( Kirkus Reviews).This is an updated edition of the "influential study" ( Publishers Weekly) of issues surrounding childbirth and the history of population control programs.Challenging conventional wisdom about overpopulation, and uncovering the deeper roots of poverty, ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Male Pill

    A Biography of a Technology in the Making

    The Male Pill is the first book to reveal the history of hormonal contraceptives for men. Nelly Oudshoorn explains why it is that, although the technical feasibility of male contraceptives was demonstrated as early as the 1970s, there is, to date, no male pill. Ever since the idea of hormonal contraceptives for men was introduced, scientists, feminists, journalists, and pharmaceutical ... Læs mere

    233,61 kr.

  • People's Science

    Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier

    af Ruha Benjamin ...
    "An engaging, insightful, and challenging call to examine both the rhetoric and reality of innovation and inclusion in science and science policy." —Daniel R. Morrison, American Journal of SociologyStem cell research has sparked controversy and heated debate since the first human stem cell line was derived in 1998. Too frequently these debates devolve to simple judgments—good or bad, life-saving ... Læs mere

    118,86 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Genetics

    Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

    Serier serie Readings in Bioethics
    Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies, is covered regularly in the media, and affects people everyday around the globe. In ... Læs mere

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  • New Genetics, New Social Formations

    Serier serie Genetics and Society
    New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and avoid the perceived democratic deficit that may result. Papers in this volume discuss a variety of ... Læs mere

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  • In Our Control

    The Complete Guide to Contraceptive Choices for Women

    The efficacy and risks of different birth control options are dramatically different today from what they once were thanks to scientific advances and increased awareness of STDs and other factors. In the most comprehensive book on birth control since the 1970s, women's health activist Laura Eldridge discusses the history, scientific advances, and practical uses of everything from condoms to the ... Læs mere

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  • The Global Biopolitics of the IUD

    How Science Constructs Contraceptive Users and Women's Bodies

    Serier serie Inside Technology
    The biography of a multifaceted technological object, the IUD, illuminates how political contexts shaped contraceptive development, marketing, use, and users.The intrauterine device (IUD) is used by 150 million women around the world. It is the second most prevalent method of female fertility control in the global South and the third most prevalent in the global North. Over its five decades of use ... Læs mere

    207,11 kr.