03370nam 2200589 450 991014245570332120170817212243.097866105554680-470-84659-31-280-55546-7(CKB)111056485557270(EBL)138346(OCoLC)50760612(SSID)ssj0000111729(PQKBManifestationID)11135599(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111729(PQKBWorkID)10080974(PQKB)10439317(MiAaPQ)EBC138346(EXLCZ)9911105648555727020160815h20022002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBioethics for scientists /edited by John Bryant, Linda Baggott la Velle, John SearleChichester, West Sussex, England :John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,2002.©20021 online resource (374 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-471-49532-8 0-470-85167-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Bioethics for Scientists; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I Setting the Scene; 1 Introduction to Ethics and Bioethics; 2 The Public Evaluation of Science and Technology; Part II Ethics and the Natural World; 3 Introduction to Environmental Ethics; 4 The Use of the Rainforest as a Test Case in Environmental Ethics; 5 Environmental Ethics: Further Case-Studies; 6 Human Use of Non-Human Animals: a Biologist's View; 7 Human Use of Non-Human Animals: a Philosopher's Perspective; Part III Ethical Issues in Agriculture and Food Production; 8 GM Crops and Food: a Scientific Perspective9 Questioning GM Foods10 The Patenting of Genes for Agricultural Biotechnology; 11 Crop Biotechnology and Developing Countries; Part IV Ethical Issues in Biomedical Science; 12 Starting Human Life: the New Reproductive Technologies; 13 Genetic Information: Use and Abuse; 14 Human Genetics and Genetic Enhancement; 15 Patenting Human Genes: Ethical and Policy Issues; 16 Cloning of Animals and Humans; 17 Dealing with Death: Euthanasia and Related Issues; 18 Animal Experimentation in Biomedical Research; Glossary; IndexA dictionary definition of Bioethics is, 'the ethics, or moral principles and rules of conduct, of medical and biological research'. This book is an introductory text of just biological and not medical bioethics. It covers the ethics of experimentation, including genetic manipulation, in plants and animals; ethics and biodiversity, ethics and the environment. There is increasing interest in bioethics - both in academia and by the media and the general public. Awareness of bioethics is incorporated into Biological / Environmental Science courses, plus the first dedicated modular courseBioethicsElectronic books.Bioethics.174.957174/.957Bryant J. A.Baggott la Velle LindaSearle John1942-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910142455703321Bioethics for scientists1926944UNINA