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Autore |
Dhanda Rahul K |
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Titolo |
Guiding Icarus [[electronic resource] ] : merging bioethics with corporate interests / / Rahul K. Dhanda ; foreword by Philip R. Reilly |
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New York, : John Wiley & Sons, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-36674-5 |
9786610366743 |
0-471-46132-6 |
0-471-22483-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Biotechnology industries |
Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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GUIDING ICARUS; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Genetically Modified Foods; I. Executive Summary; II. The Science; III. The Benefits; IV. The Issues; V. Industry; VI. Recommendations; 3 DNA Data Banking; I. Executive Summary; II. The Science; III. The Benefits; IV. The Issues; V. Industry; VI. Recommendations; 4 Personalized Medicine; I. Executive Summary; II. The Science; III. The Benefits; IV. The Issues; V. Industry; VI. Recommendations; 5 Stem Cells; I. Executive Summary; II. The Science; III. The Benefits; IV. The Issues; V. Industry; VI. Recommendations |
6 ConclusionGlossary; Suggested Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""There is a palpable need for business to explore the issues Dhanda raises. Guiding Icarus offers a flight plan.""-from the Foreword by Philip R. Reilly While bioethicists may enjoy the most thorough appreciation of both the promise and perils of new biotechnologies, international corporations are in fact the entities generating these technologies and determining their application. An industry insider versed in the language of bioethics, Rahul Dhanda offers in Guiding Icarus: Merging Bioethics with Corporate Interests a Rosetta stone to these two camps, |
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