1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990007494110403321

Autore

Morello, Nicoletta

Titolo

La nascita della paleontologia nel Seicento : Colonna, Stenone e Scilla / Nicoletta Morello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : FrancoAngeli, 1979

ISBN

88-204-1543-7

Descrizione fisica

265 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Collana

Geografia umana ; 34

Locazione

ILFGE

FSPBC

GM1

Collocazione

B-07-061

COLLEZ. 217 (34)

A O 10

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818252303321

Titolo

Contemporary debates in bioethics / / edited by Arthur L. Caplan and Robert Arp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2013

ISBN

1-118-32848-5

1-299-71251-7

1-118-32847-7

1-4443-3713-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (535 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Contemporary debates in philosophy ; ; 13

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Medical ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Are there universal ethical principles that should govern the conduct of medicine and research worldwide? -- Is it morally acceptable to buy and sell organs for human transplantation? -- Were it physically safe, would human reproductive cloning be acceptable? -- Is the deliberately induced abortion of a human pregnancy ethically justifiable? -- Is it ethical to patent or copyright genes, embryos, or their parts? -- Should minors have the right to refuse treatment, even when against the will of their parents or guardians? -- Is physician-assisted suicide ever ethical? -- Should stem cell research utilizing embryonic tissue be conducted? -- Should we prohibit the use of chimpanzees and other great apes in biomedical research? -- Should the United States of America adopt universal health care? -- Is there a legitimate place for human genetic enhancement? -- Can there be agreement as to what constitutes human death? -- Is there ever a circumstance in which a doctor may withhold information? -- Should in vitro fertilization be an option for a woman? -- Are international clinical trials exploitative?.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume features a collection of arguments contributed by many of today's top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century. Written in a debate-style format for accessibility to non-specialists, it features general introductions to



each topic that precede scholarly debates, and presents the latest, cutting-edge thoughts on relevant bioethics ideas, arguments, and debates. -- From publisher's website.