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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451800203321

Titolo

Health and human flourishing [[electronic resource] ] : religion, medicine, and moral anthropology / / Carol Taylor and Roberto Dell'Oro, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-58901-336-0

1-4356-2744-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TaylorCarol, CSFN

Dell'OroRoberto <1959->

Disciplina

261.8/321

Soggetti

Health - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Theological anthropology

Bioethics - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Medical ethics - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Christian ethics - Catholic authors

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theological anthropology and bioethics / Roberto dell'Oro -- Vulnerability, agency, and human flourishing / Alisa L. Carse -- Pluralism, truthfulness, and the patience of being / William Desmond -- Dignity and the human as a natural kind / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- On being true to form / Margaret E. Mohrmann -- The integrity conundrum / Suzanne Holland -- Vulnerabilty and the meaning of illness : reflections on lived experience / S. Kay Toombs -- A meditation on vulnerability and power / Richard M. Zaner -- Vulnerability within the body of Christ : anointing of the sick and theological anthropology / M. Therese Lysaught -- Gender and human relationality / Christine E. Gudorf -- Bioethics, relationships, and participation in the common good / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Health care and a theological anthropology / Carol Taylor -- Health policy and a theological anthropology / Ron Hamel -- Science and a theological anthropology / Kevin T. FitzGerald -- Toward a richer bioethics : a



conclusion / Edmund D. Pellegrino.

Sommario/riassunto

What, exactly, does it mean to be human? It is an age-old question, one for which theology, philosophy, science, and medicine have all provided different answers. But though a unified response to the question can no longer be taken for granted, how we answer it frames the wide range of different norms, principles, values, and intuitions that characterize today's bioethical discussions. If we don't know what it means to be human, how can we judge whether biomedical sciences threaten or enhance our humanity?This fundamental question, however, receives little attention in the study of bioethics.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437815103321

Titolo

Nanobioelectrochemistry : From Implantable Biosensors to Green Power Generation / / edited by Frank N. Crespilho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-29250-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Collana

Nanobioengineering Series

Altri autori (Persone)

CrespilhoFrank N

Disciplina

541.37

Soggetti

Electrochemistry

Nanotechnology

Biomaterials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nanoscience-based electrochemical sensors and arrays for detection of cancer biomarker proteins -- Nanomaterials for Biosensors and Implantable Biodevices -- Nanomaterials for enzyme biofuel cells -- Biosensors based on Field-Effect Devices -- Using supramolecular chemistry strategy for mapping electrochemical phenomena on the nanoscale -- DNA AND ENZYME-BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSORS: ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND AFM SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION -- Electrochemical-Surface Plasmon Resonance: Concept and Bioanalytical Applications.



Sommario/riassunto

Nanobioelectrochemistry covers the modern aspects of bioelectrochemistry, nanoscience and materials science. The combination of nanostructured materials and biological molecules enables the development of biodevices capable to detect specific substances. Furthermore, by using the bioelectrochemistry approach, the interaction between bio-systems and nanostructured materials can be studied at the molecular level, where several mechanisms of molecular behavior are elucidate from redox reactions. The combination of biological molecules and novel nanomaterials components is of great importance in the process of developing new nanoscale devices for future biological, medical and electronic applications. This book describes some of the different electrochemical techniques that can be used to study new strategies for patterning electrode surfaces with enzymes, organelles, cells and biomimetic systems. Also, it focuses on how enzymes and microorganisms can be used as biological catalysts in fuel cells for green power generation. By bringing together these different aspects of nanobioelectrochemistry, this book provides a valuable source of information for many students and scientists.