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Bioethics for Scientists

By John Bryant , Linda Baggott la Velle , John Searle

Book information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2002
ISBN
9780471495321, 0471495328
LCC
QH332 .B51725 2002
Open Library ID
OL3583588M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2377259 bytes)
Pages
358\358
Topic
Medicine
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

A dictionary definition of Bioethics is, 'the ethics, or moral principles and rules of conduct, of medical and biological research'. This book is an introductory text of just biological and not medical bioethics. It covers the ethics of experimentation, including genetic manipulation, in plants and animals; ethics and biodiversity, ethics and the environment. There is increasing interest in bioethics - both in academia and by the media and the general public. Awareness of bioethics is incorporated into Biological / Environmental Science courses, plus the first dedicated modular courses on bioethics are starting up. Includes case studies Has questions for students Chapters include environmental, animal, agricultural and reproductive ethics as well as a wide range of issues regarding genetic manipulation.

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