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200 14$aThe price of perfection $eindividualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement /$fMaxwell J. Mehlman
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (321 p.)
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-8018-9263-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe technological horizon -- Self-satisfaction -- Social reward -- The hegemony of meritocracy -- Access to enhancements and the challenge to equality -- Lack of choice -- Enhancements in sports -- The lessons from sports -- The war on enhancements -- Promoting safety, efficacy, and informed decisionmaking -- Protecting the vulnerable -- Access and inequality -- Abominations -- Research on enhancement.
330   $aIn the process, he urges the public to face the ethical issues surrounding biomedical enhancement, lest our quest for perfection compromise our very humanity.
606   $aMedical innovations$xSocial aspects
606   $aPerfection$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aSocial medicine
606   $aBioethics
615  0$aMedical innovations$xSocial aspects.
615  0$aPerfection$xMoral and ethical aspects.
615  0$aSocial medicine.
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