Bio-ethics books

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Bits of Life: Feminism at the Intersections of Media, Bioscience, and Technology

Bits of Life: Feminism at the Intersections of Media,...

Author: Anneke M. Smelik ,  Nina Lykke
ISBN: 9780295988092
Format: Paperback
$42.95

Since World War II, the biological and technological have been fusing and merging in new ways, resulting in the...  Read More >>

Life As Surplus: Biotechnology and Capitalism in the Neoliberal Era

Life As Surplus: Biotechnology and Capitalism in the...

Author: Melinda E. Cooper
ISBN: 9780295987910
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Focusing on the period from 1970s onwards, this is a study of the relationship between politics, economics, science,...  Read More >>

Welfare of pigs: From birth to slaughter

Welfare of pigs: From birth to slaughter

Author: Luigi Faucitano ,  Allan L. Schaefer
ISBN: 9789086860661
Format: Hardback
$438.24

Covers various aspects of pig production, on the basis of scientific results. This work contains scientific reviews...  Read More >>

Smart Mice, Not-So-Smart People: An Interesting and Amusing Guide to Bioethics

Smart Mice, Not-So-Smart People: An Interesting and...

Author: Arthur Caplan
ISBN: 9780742541726
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Famed bioethicist Arthur Caplan shares his provocative opinions on all things bioethical.  Read More >>

Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design

Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design

Author: Jonathan Glover (King's College London)
ISBN: 9780199238491
Format: Paperback
$38.95

Genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't...  Read More >>

Medical Ethics, Ordinary Concepts and Ordinary Lives: Ordinary Concepts, Ordinary Lives

Medical Ethics, Ordinary Concepts and Ordinary Lives:...

Author: Christopher Cowley
ISBN: 9781349353187
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Mainstream discussions of ethics often search for a problem-solving theory or explore ontological status. This book...  Read More >>

Uncertainty in Medical Innovation: Experienced Pioneers in Neonatal Care

Uncertainty in Medical Innovation: Experienced Pioneers...

Author: Jessica Mesman
ISBN: 9781349303663
Format: Paperback
$232.85

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact....  Read More >>

Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective

Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective

Author: Marti Kheel ,  Rosemary Radford Ruether
ISBN: 9780742552005
Format: Hardback
$190.00

In Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective, Marti Kheel explores the underlying worldview of ""nature ethics"",...  Read More >>

Bioethical Issues: Sociological Perspectives

Bioethical Issues: Sociological Perspectives

Author: Barbara Katz Rothman ,  Elizabeth M. Armstrong
ISBN: 9780762314386
Format: Hardback
$250.95

Deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. This volume includes an introductory look at...  Read More >>

Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective

Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective

Author: Marti Kheel ,  Rosemary Radford Ruether
ISBN: 9780742552012
Format: Paperback
$58.95

In Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective, Marti Kheel explores the underlying worldview of 'nature ethics, '...  Read More >>

Empirical Methods for Bioethics: A Primer

Empirical Methods for Bioethics: A Primer

Author: Liva Jacoby ,  Laura A. Siminoff
ISBN: 9780762312665
Format: Hardback
$250.95

The effect that bioethics can have on policy decisions and health care delivery demand an enhanced approach to our...  Read More >>

Understanding Bioethics and the Law: The Promises and Perils of the Brave New World of Biotechnology

Understanding Bioethics and the Law: The Promises and...

Author: Barry R. Schaller
ISBN: 9780275999186
Format: Hardback
$90.00

Schaller illuminates the role of the law in bioethics controversies. Although bioethics as an independent discipline...  Read More >>

Genomics and Society: Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions

Genomics and Society: Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions...

Author: George Gaskell ,  Martin W Bauer
ISBN: 9781844071142
Format: Paperback
$131.00

Since the mid 1990s, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has been the focus of debate and conflict...  Read More >>

What Are We?: A Study in Personal Ontology

What Are We?: A Study in Personal Ontology

Author: Eric T. Olson (Professor in Philosophy, Professor in Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Great Britain)
ISBN: 9780195176421
Format: Hardback
$113.95

Discussions of personal identity frequently ignore the basic metaphysical nature of human people. What Are We? is...  Read More >>

Biomedical Ethics

Biomedical Ethics

Author: David Steinberg
ISBN: 9781584656432
Format: Paperback
$105.60

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Contemporary Issues in Bioethics

Contemporary Issues in Bioethics

Author: Anna Mastroianni ,  Tom L. Beauchamp
ISBN: 9780495006732
Format: Paperback
$461.87

Now in its third edition, this extensive anthology continues to feature a wide range of contemporary ethical and...  Read More >>

Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People

Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better...

Author: John Harris
ISBN: 9780691128443
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Dismantles objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning to make an ethical...  Read More >>

Perfektionierung des Menschen

Perfektionierung des Menschen

Author: Bernward Gesang
ISBN: 9783110195606
Format: Hardback
$51.39

Sollen Menschen ihre ""normalen"" Eigenschaften verbessern und so die menschliche Natur neu gestalten? Die Forschung...  Read More >>

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