Stem cells, human embryos and ethics : interdisciplinary perspectives /

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Imprint:[Dordrecht] : Springer, c2008.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 255 p.) : ill., maps.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8885033
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Other authors / contributors:Østnor, Lars, 1939-
ISBN:9781402069895
1402069898
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Is it acceptable from an ethical point of view to use stem cells from human embryos for scientific research and clinical therapy? And what are the weaknesses and strengths of various opinions and positions when they are critically evaluated? These are the main problems dealt with in this book. The various chapters as a whole give a comprehensive, many-sided and balanced discussion of the subject. The book contains contributions from biological, medical, social, political, philosophical and theological perspectives. The authors have been chosen because of their professional competence, many of.
Other form:Print version: Stem cells, human embryos and ethics. [Dordrecht] : Springer, c2008 9781402069888 140206988X