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Zusatztext "This book is a valuable compendium of the various dimensions of the story of stem-cell research." Informationen zum Autor Kristen Renwick Monroe heads the University of California at Irvine Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality and is author of The Hand of Compassion: Portraits of Moral Choice during the Holocaust and The Heart of Altruism: Perceptions of a Common Humanity. Ronald B. Miller is Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of California! Irvine! and a member of the UCI Stem Cell Research Center Advisory Committee. Jerome Tobis is Research Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California! Irvine. Klappentext "What the editors have managed to accomplish with Fundamentals of the Stem Cell Debate is very significant. The book is well-informed! sophisticated! and attends to the moral and scientific complexities of stem cell research! rather than sweeping them under the rug. This book encompasses the complexities without sacrificing the other main virtue of the collection: to definitively illuminate the debate for all."-Jason Scott Robert! author of Embryology! Epigenesis! & Evolution: Taking Development Seriously Zusammenfassung Useful for understanding the complex issues - scientific, religious, ethical, and political - that fuel public debate about stem cell research, this book aims to bring together leading scientists, ethicists, political scientists, and doctors to explain this scientific development and explore its ramifications. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Framing the Controversy Kristen Renwick Monroe! Ronald B. Miller! and Jerome S. Tobis 1. Stem Cells Peter J. Bryant and Philip H. Schwartz 2. Therapeutic Uses of Stem Cells Philip H. Schwartz and Peter J. Bryant 3. Ethical Issues in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Philip J. Nickel 4. Religious Perspectives on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Mahtab Jafari! Fanny Elahi! Saba Ozyurt! and Ted Wrigley 5. Political Issues in the Stem Cell Debate: The View from California Lawrence S.{ths}B. Goldstein 6. Roots and Branches of the U.S. National Debate on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Lee L. Zwanziger 7. Stem Cell Politics: The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good Sidney H. Golub 8. Stem Cell Research: A Concluding Overview Ronald B. Miller Epilogue Kristen Renwick Monroe and Ted Wrigley Contributors Index ...
