Biomedical Technology and Public Policy
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-26629-4 (ISBN)
This volume is designed to provide a framework for studying the public policy implications of a broad range of biomedical technologies. Each chapter focuses on the policy issues and political activities surrounding a single technology. Contributors address such issues as new reproductive technologies, animal experimentation, contraceptive drugs, genetic markers and technology and the aging society.
ank /f Robert /i H. ls /f Miriam /i K.
Issues in human reproduction; human embryo freezing and public policy - patterns and directions; reproductive issues and the applicability of "Roe v Wade" - limits and essence; prenatal and neonatal issues; new reproductive technologies - challenges to women's control of gestation and birth; feotal research policy; political symbolism and public policy - the baby doe debate; "Policy issues within the life cycle"; technology assessment and public policy - congressional consideration of animal experimentation; the FDA and the regulation of contraceptive drugs - depo-provera, risk management and reproductive health; genetic markers for schizophrenia - the policy context and implications; organ transplant legislation; policy issues at the end of life; AIDS as an allocation issue - individual and social responsibility; technology and the ageing society - ethics and public policy.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.12.1989 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-313-26629-8 / 0313266298 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-313-26629-4 / 9780313266294 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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