The Human Embryo Research Debates

Bioethics in the Vortex of Controversy

Ronald M. Green (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

250 Seiten

2001
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-510947-4 (ISBN)

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This is an account of the author's work on the Human Embryo Research Panel and it places the philosophical issues such as requirements of public reasoning and the determination of moral personhood in a narrative framework. It also bridges the discussion up to the present with chapters on stem cell research and cloning.

The Human Embryo Research Panel was charged with developing guidelines for all federally funded research on the human embryo. Controversy swirled around everything it did. This account of the author's work on the Panel places philosophical issues such as requirements of public reasoning and the determination of moral personhood, in a narrative framework. It also bridges the discussion with chapters on stem cell research and cloning.

Introduction; 1. Into the Vortex; 2. Determining Moral Status; 3. Drafting a Report; 4. The Issue of Research Embryos; 5. Politics Intrudes; 6. The Cloning Controversy; 7. The Stern Cell Debate; Conclusion; Afterword; Appendix A: Schema of Embryo Development; Appendix B: Human Embryo Research Panel: Categories of Research

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2001
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	0-19-510947-3 / 0195109473
ISBN-13	978-0-19-510947-4 / 9780195109474
Zustand	Neuware