The Perfect Baby

Parenthood in the New World of Cloning and Genetics

Glenn McGee (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2000 | Second Edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-8476-9759-5 (ISBN)

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The Perfect Baby is the most popular introduction to ethical issues in genetics. This new edition has been updated to discuss and debate advances in high tech reproduction, genetic testing, gene therapy, human cloning, and stem cell research. It includes a new epilogue, by cloning pioneer Ian Wilmut and Glenn McGee.

Glenn McGee is assistant professor of bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania

Chapter 1 Preface to the Second Edition Chapter 2 Preface to the First Edition Chapter 3 The Landscape of Genetic Technology Chapter 4 The Magic Answer? Hopes for Genetic Cures Chapter 5 Playing God? Fears about Genetic Engeneering Chapter 6 Debunking the Myths Chapter 7 Genetic Approaches to Family and Public Health Chapter 8 The Not-So-Deadly Sins of Genetic Enhancement Chapter 9 Epilogue : The Problem of Human Cloning Chapter 10 Notes Chapter 11 Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.12.2000
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 228 mm
Gewicht	304 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-8476-9759-2 / 0847697592
ISBN-13	978-0-8476-9759-5 / 9780847697595
Zustand	Neuware