The price of perfection : individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement /

The price of perfection : individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mehlman, Maxwell J.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Description:	309 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Medical innovations -- Social aspects. Perfection -- Moral and ethical aspects. Social medicine. Bioethics. Biomedical Enhancement. Decision Making. Doping in Sports. Social Identification. Bioethics. Medical innovations -- Social aspects. Perfection -- Moral and ethical aspects. Social medicine.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7790026

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ISBN:	9780801892639 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801892635 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

0. Introduction
1. The\Technological Horizon
2. Self-Satisfaction
3. Social Reward
4. The\Hegemony of Meritocracy
5. Access to Enhancements and the Challenge to Equality
6. Lack of Choice
7. Enhancements in Sports
8. The\Lessons from Sports
9. The\War on Enhancements
10. Promoting Safety, Efficacy, and Informed Decisionmaking
11. Protecting the Vulnerable
12. Access and Inequality
13. Abominations
14. Research on Enhancement
0. Conclusion
0. Notes
0. Index