Overview

This volume is designed to provide a framework for studying the public policy implications of a broad range of biomedical technologies. Each chapter focuses on the policy issues and political activities surrounding a single technology. Contributors address such issues as new reproductive technologies, animal experimentation, contraceptive drugs, genetic markers and technology and the aging society.

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Author:   Robert H. Blank ,  Miriam K. Mills
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 26
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.537kg
ISBN:  

9780313266294

ISBN 10:   0313266298
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   08 December 1989
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Issues in human reproduction; human embryo freezing and public policy - patterns and directions; reproductive issues and the applicability of ""Roe v Wade"" - limits and essence; prenatal and neonatal issues; new reproductive technologies - challenges to women's control of gestation and birth; feotal research policy; political symbolism and public policy - the baby doe debate; ""Policy issues within the life cycle""; technology assessment and public policy - congressional consideration of animal experimentation; the FDA and the regulation of contraceptive drugs - depo-provera, risk management and reproductive health; genetic markers for schizophrenia - the policy context and implications; organ transplant legislation; policy issues at the end of life; AIDS as an allocation issue - individual and social responsibility; technology and the ageing society - ethics and public policy."

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Robert H. Blank is an Adjunct Professor at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor in Public Health at the National Taiwan University. ROBERT H. BLANK is Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Program for Biosocial Research at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Biomedical Technology and Public Policy (Greenwood Press, 1989) and Regulating Reproduction (1990). MIRIAM K. MILLS is Professor of Organizational Science at The School of Industrial Management of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Previously, she was the Director of Manpower and Labor Relations of Jersey City Medical Center, New Jersey. A frequent contributor to various journals, she has coauthored Evaluation Analysis with Microcomputers and coedited Biomedical Technology and Public Policy. Dr. Mills is also an arbitrator-mediator with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and other labor panels.

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