Genomics In Asia

Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

332 Seiten

2012
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-56064-1 (ISBN)

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This book provides insights on research into the social, political and ethical aspects of genomics, and reflects the bioethical experiences of researchers from Japan, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Pakistan, India and Malaysia. The subjects of discussion vary from genetics in China to religious perspectives on cloning and genetic therapy. Themes include the commercial and medical application of new bioengineering technologies, such as the impact of preventive genetic medicine, genetic counselling, genetically modified organisms [GMOs] and stem-cell research on wealth distribution, cultural traditions, social well-being, and political and legal regulations and institutions. In the study of bioengineering in Asia, various perspectives were brought together at a concrete research level. The authors tried to avoid macro-concepts incorporated by dichotomies of East and West and to acquire new insights into the relationship between local knowledge systems and cultures and interests groups on the one hand and the constellation of various interests of scientific research, governments and MNCs on the other.

Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner

Contents, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Genomics in Asia: Cultural Values and Bioethical Practices, I. Religious Perspectives, 2. Ethical Issues: An Islamic Perspective, 3. Impact Of Modern Genetics: A Sikh Perspective, 4. Hindu Bioethics, the Concept Of Dharma and Female Infanticide in India, 5. Human Cloning in A Thai Novel: Wimon Sainimnuan's Amata and Thai Cultural Attitudes Toward Biotechnology, 6. Implications Of Japanese Religions in the Genomic Age: A Survey On Attitudes Towards Life and Death Within Shinto, Buddhist and Christian Groups, II. Cultural and Philosophical Perspectives, 7. Genome, Artificial Evolution and Global Community, 8. Biotechnology and Responsibility To Future Generations: A Confucian Perspective, 9. Respecting Nature and Using Human Intelligence: Elements Of A Confucian Bioethics, 10. Cross-Cultural Approaches To the Philosophy Of Life in the Contemporary World: From Bioethics To Life Studies, 11. A Philosophical Meditation On Genomics

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.5.2012
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	610 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-415-56064-0 / 0415560640
ISBN-13	978-0-415-56064-1 / 9780415560641
Zustand	Neuware