Contested cells : global perspectives on the stem cell debate /
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| Imprint: | London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., c2010. |
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| Description: | xxx, 486 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8444792 |
Table of Contents:
- Abstracts
- Foreword
- Contested Cells: Global Perspectives on the Stem Cell Debate - A Critical Introduction
- Introduction: The Source of Controversy
- Part 1. Contested Cells: Understanding the Ethical Controversy
- Part 2. Global Perspectives
- Closing Remarks
- Part 1. Contested Cells: Understanding the Ethical Controversy
- a. The Problems of Regulation
- 1. A Case Study of Experimental Stem Cell Therapy and the Risks of Over-Regulation
- 2. Stem Cell Technology: From Research Regulation to Clinical Applications
- Introduction
- The Derivation of Stem Cells and the Current Science
- Regulation of Stem Cell Research
- Towards the Clinical Use of Stem Cell Technology
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- 3. Legal Imperialism in the Regulation of Stem Cell Research and Therapy: The Problem of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
- Introduction
- The Vision of Global Regulation of ES Cell Research
- Research and Researchers
- Clinicians
- Patients
- Concluding Discussion
- Postscript
- 4. Governing Cloning: United Nations' Debates and the Institutional Context of Standards
- Cloning and the United Nations
- Stem Cells, Cloning and the Bioethics Committee of Singapore
- Domestic and Institutional Responses in the UK
- Some Observations
- Conclusion
- b. The Enduring Ethical Debate
- 5. Sociological Reflections on Ethics, Embryonic Stem Cells and Translational Research
- Sociology and Bioethics
- Empirical Ethics: Embryonic Stem Cells and Translational Research
- Translational Research, Hybrid Embryos and Experimental Neuroscience
- Towards Multidisciplinary Translational Ethics?
- Acknowledgements
- 6. Rhetoric, Power and Legitimacy in Public Discourse: A Critical Analysis of the Public Debate Surrounding the Review of Embryo Research and Cloning Legislation in Australia in 2005
- Introduction
- Contested Notions of Science
- Rhetoric, Power and Legitimacy
- Conclusion
- 7. New Developments in Stem Cell Science: iPS Cells and the Challenge to Consent
- Introduction
- The Perpetuation of a Great Mistake: Immortals in Research
- Reappraising Consent: Where's the Harm in iPS Cell Science?
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- 8. 'Reasonable Suffering': The Application of Stem Cell Technologies to Non-Human Animals
- Introduction
- The Contexts
- The Legal Status Quo
- Unfairness
- A Proposed Solution: Rawls and Fairness
- Application to SCTs in the Veterinary Context
- Application to Applied Stem Cell Research in Laboratory Context
- 9. Ontological Status of Human-Non-Human Embryonic Chimeras
- Introduction: From the Mythological Chimera, to the Chimera in Biomedical Research
- Chimerism and Semantics: Problems With Terminology and Definitions
- Human-Non-Human Embryonic Chimeras: Demarcation of the Semantic Scope
- Chimera Ontological Status
- Conclusions
- 10. Religion, Civic Virtue and the Stem Cell Debate
- Introduction
- Setting the Context: Substantive and Procedural Ethics
- The Cultivation of an Ethic of Citizenship
- Three Principles of Civic Virtue
- An Institutional Ethics of Citizenship
- Five Objections
- Procedural Virtues in Public Ethical Discourse
- Religion and the Cultivation of Exploratory Openness
- Civic Virtue and the Stem Cell Debate
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Part 2. Global Perspectives
- 11. Rejuvenated Federalism: State-Based Stem Cell Research Policy
- Introduction
- Sovereign Action and Social Controversy
- Social Controversy and Administrative Legitimacy
- Procedural Frameworks and Legitimacy
- Developing Normative Ethical Standards for Research
- State-State Interactions in Policy Development
- Stem Cell Science and Federalism
- Critiques of a State-Based Approach
- Plurality and Levels of Engagement
- The Emergence of Federal Stem Cell Policy
- The Pathway Towards Clinical Application
- Conclusion
- 12. Hybrid Embryos - Ethics, Law and Rhetoric in the United Kingdom's Stem Cell Policy
- Hybrids and the HFEA
- Debate
- Derivation of Stem Cells from Hybrid Embryos
- The Future of Hybrids in Clinical Medicine
- Conclusion
- 13. Stem Cell Research and Its Clinical Application in China: Interactions Between Science, Ethics and Society
- Introduction
- Stem Cell Research in China's Social Environment
- Stem Cell Research and Chinese Culture
- Awareness of Patients' and Human Subjects' Rights
- Regulatory Gaps and Challenges
- Clinical Application of Stem Cell Products: The Concerns of Under Regulation
- Conclusion: Hope for Future Regulation
- List of Chinese Laws and Regulations
- 14. Neither a 'Person' Nor a 'Thing': The Controversy Concerning the Moral and Legal Status of Human Embryos in Japan
- Introduction: Neither a 'Person' Nor a 'Thing'
- The Bioethics Committee of the Council for Science and Technology
- Committee Discussions Regarding the Regulation of Human Cloning
- Human Embryo Research
- Life Sciences and Bioethics: Checks or Balances?
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- 15. A Tale of Two Countries: Czech and Slovak Stem Cell Biopolicies
- Introduction
- Historical and Cultural Context
- Legislation
- Searching for Reasons
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Index
