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Bioethics and Social Reality.


R724

90-420-1655-8

Bioethics bioethics, in philosophy, a branch of ethics concerned with issues surrounding health care and the biological sciences. These issues include the morality of abortion, euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, and organ transplants (see transplantation, medical).  and social reality.

Title main entry. Ed. by Matti Hayry et al. (Value inquiry book series)

Editions Rodopi, [c]2005

180 p.

$56.00 (pa)

Bioethicists in the North West of England--at the universities of Central Lancashire Central Lancashire was a designated new town in England. The designated area covers the towns of Preston, Leyland (in South Ribble) and Chorley (in the borough of Chorley). , Keele, and Manchester-explore how their field intersects with all the spheres of human interaction that are called social and exist in conjunction with the physical, material, cultural, and moral worlds people inhabit in·hab·it  
v. in·hab·it·ed, in·hab·it·ing, in·hab·its

v.tr.
1. To live or reside in.

2. To be present in; fill: Old childhood memories inhabit the attic.
. Most of the 14 chapters are based on presentations to a February 2003 roundtable. Among the topics are back-street abortion, human reproductive cloning Noun 1. human reproductive cloning - the reproductive cloning of a sentient human being; generally considered ethically unacceptable
reproductive cloning - making a full living copy of an organism; requires a surrogate mother
, empirical evidence, informed consent, and corporate ethical responsibility.
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Title Annotation:MEDICINE (GENERAL & PUBLIC ASPECTS)
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Date:Jun 1, 2005
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