Whose View of life - Embryos, Cloning and Stem Cells

Informationen zum Autor Jane Maienschein is Regents' Professor, President's Professor, and Parents Association Professor at the School of Life Sciences and Director of the Center for Biology and Society at Arizona State University. She is also Adjunct Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Klappentext Saving lives versus taking lives: These are the stark terms in which the public regards human embryo research¿a battleground of extremes, a war between science and ethics. Such a simplistic dichotomy, encouraged by vociferous opponents of abortion and proponents of medical research, is precisely what Maienschein seeks to counter with this book. Zusammenfassung Saving lives versus taking lives: These are the stark terms in which the public regards human embryo research—a battleground of extremes, a war between science and ethics. Such a simplistic dichotomy, encouraged by vociferous opponents of abortion and proponents of medical research, is precisely what Maienschein seeks to counter with this book.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Maienschein, Maienschein Jane
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2005
• EAN: 9780674017665
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01766-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 210 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Medical research, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Bioethics, Biology, life sciences, Ethical issues and debates