Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy 9781461674962, 1461674964

Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living

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Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
9781461674962, 1461674964

Debating Human Genetics is based on ethnographic research focusing primarily on the UK publics who are debating and enga

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Behavioral science is playing an increasing role in public policy, and it is raising new questions about fundamental iss

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Xenotransplantation involves the transplantation of cells, tissues, and whole organs from one species to another. Intere

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In this book, nine thought-leaders engage with some of the hottest moral issues in science and ethics. Based on talks or

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Scientific research is the time-honored key to objective knowledge. In the past it was funded pluralistically, but today

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Drawing on Sir Ian Kennedy’s extensive experience in healthcare law, ethics and public policy-making, this book explores

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This collection of new research on public service interpreting and translation (PSIT) focuses on ideology, ethics and po

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With an increasingly bitter secular religious divide, there is a messy, defective relationship between the state and mor

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