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Through engaging case studies and clear explanations of the underlying science, this book makes the social impacts and ethical consequences of recent advances in biomedicine understandable for general readers.
Recent biomedical discoveries promise considerable improvement in the quality of human life, but they also hold the potential to permanently alter society. Are the anticipated benefits worth the price we would have to pay for them? In Where Science and Ethics Meet: Dilemmas at the Frontiers of Medicine and Biology, a biochemist and a biomedical researcher who are highly experienced in explaining ethics for lay audiences present the most innovative advances in biomedicine and enable readers to develop their own opinions about the ethical and social consequences these technologies will bring.
Each controversial topic in modern medicine and ethics is introduced through a hypothetical case study that highlights thorny ethical issues before explaining the key aspects of the science and technology involved and addressing the associated ethical considerations in detail. The interdisciplinary treatment of the topics makes the book relevant to students of science, medicine, ethics, law, and sociology as well as health care professionals.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Designer Babies: Choosing Our Children
Chapter 2 Haven't I Seen You Before?
Chapter 3 Exchange Parts for Everybody
Chapter 4 How to Improve Yourself
Chapter 5 Who Wants to Live Forever?
Chapter 6 Big Brother Is Watching . . . Your Genome
Chapter 7 Something on Your Mind?
Chapter 8 Playing God
Chapter 9 Trust Me, I'm a Scientist!
Afterword
Notes
Index
