Biomedical Ethics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780737737387)

Editor Viqi Wagner helps your readers understand the complicated controversies related to biomedical ethics. Essays are arranged in a pro versus con sequence, which guides readers through multiple perspectives, allowing them to analyze and think critically about what they are learning and about their own opinions. Chapter one focuses on whether stem cell research is ethical. Chapter two considers which ethics should govern reproductive technology. Chapter three discusses what ethics should guide organ transplantation. Chapter four asks and answers if human genetic testing is ethical. Essay sources include George W. Bush, the National Council on Disability, University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics, United Network for Organ Sharing, and the Domestic Policy Council.

Author: Viqi Wagner
ISBN-10: 0737737387
ISBN-13: 9780737737387
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
Language: English
Published: 12/22/2007
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.33w x 0.51d

Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 03/01/2008 pg. 38