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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462437903321

Titolo

Science and ethics : proceedings of a symposium held in November 2000 under the auspices of the Royal Society of Canada / / organized by Howard Alper ; edited by Patricia Demers = La science et l'éthique : actes d'un colloque tenu en novembre 2000 sous les auspices de la Société royale du Canada / organisé par Howard Alper ; sous la direction de Patricia Demers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-4426-6468-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada ; ; Series 6, Volume 11, 2000 Mémoires de la Société royale du Canada ; ; Sixieme seriet, Tome XI, 2000

Disciplina

174/.2

Soggetti

Bioethics

Science - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series VI, volume XI, 2000 = Mémoires de la Société royale du Canada, sixième série, tome XI, 2000".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents / Matières -- Introduction / Alper, Howard -- Can Science or Ethics Compromise Each Other in Human Subject Research? / Dickens, Bernard M. -- La privatisation de la recherche biomédicale au Canada : enjeux éthiques / Parizeau, Marie-Hélène -- The Governance of Health Care Research Involving Human Subjects: Reflections on Ethical Policy for Science Research / McDonald, Michael -- Old Copyright Law and New Technologies: Canadian Copyright Reform in the Digital Age / Geist, Michael -- La xénotransplantation : tour de force ou tour de cochon? / Leroux, Thérèse -- British Beef, Ontario Water and Dead Crows / Clements, Colleen -- Notes on Contributors / Notices biographiques des conférenciers

Sommario/riassunto

The papers from the 2000 symposium of the Royal Society of Canada



explore the crucial relationship between science and ethics. In the six papers, presented by scholars and practitioners in fields as varied as psychiatry, law, philosophy, and ethics, the contributors address the central place of ethics in scientific policy, research, and practice. Historic decisions like the place of the 1947 Nuremberg Code, adopted by the International War Crimes Tribunal to establish the foundational ethical principals of research involving human subjects; contemporary policy concerning, and institutional responsibility for, the protection of human subjects; science, technology, and copyright laws in Canada; xenotransplantation (the process of grafting living cells, tissues, and organs from animals to human beings);the privatization of biomedical research; and the relationship between ethics, policies, and research experts: these are the topics under discussion in this timely collection of papers.