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Regulating Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990. The technology is often used for patients who are at substantial risk of conceiving a pregnancy affected by a known genetic disorder, however from this technology other more controversial uses have arisen such as HLA typing... more...
The Human Radiation Experiments
Oxford University Press, USA 1996; US$ 58.99This book describes in fascinating detail the variety of experiments sponsored by the U.S. government in which human subjects were exposed to radiation, often without their knowledge or consent. Based on a review of hundreds of thousands of heretofore unavailable or classified documents, this Report tells a gripping story of the intricate relationship... more...
Dependence and Autonomy in Old Age
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 75.00In this influential book, George Agich abandons comfortable abstractions to reveal the concrete threats to personal autonomy in long-term care. His book therefore offers a framework for carers to develop an ethic of long-term care within the complex environment in which many dependent and aged people find themselves. more...
Oceano fertilita
Springer 2005; US$ 15.99Cosa si prova a non poter avere un figlio? Quanto h difficile comunicare alla coppia una diagnosi di sterilit? Come affrontare il 70% dei fallimenti delle tecniche di PMA? Come una legge puo' incidere sul futuro di un embrione? Il testo, nato dalla fusione multidisciplinare medica, psicologica e sociologica, vuole riflettere su queste domande e... more...
The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Examines key trends in emerging strategic technologies and the implications for geopolitics and human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that future evolution into transhumans is inevitable. In preparation, the global community is urged to establish strict moral and legal guidelines balancing innovation with the guarantee of dignity for all. more...
Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 88.00This volume considers the ethical legitimacy of invoking the criminal law to regulate medical and scientific practice and bioethical issues. more...
Ethics Primer of the American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Publishing 2008; US$ 47.95This book presents today's ethical dilemmas regarding boundary violations; children, adolescents, and families; geriatric populations; involuntary hospitalization; managed care; confidentiality; gifts; duty to report colleagues who engage in fraud or deception; emergency care; forensic psychiatry; and consultations and second opinions. more...
Public Health, Ethics, and Equity
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 49.95In the last fifty years, average overall health status has increased worldwide, but it is increasingly clear that this achievement has not been equally distributed. Inequities in health have denied many people equality of opportunity. This book builds an interdisciplinary understanding of health equity with contributions from distinguished philosophers,... more...
In Defense of an Evolutionary Concept of Health
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 124.95One of the most controversial contemporary debates on the concept of health is the clash between the views of naturalists and normativists. This debate has fueled many of the, often very acrimonious, disputations arising from the claims of health, disease and disability activists and charities and the public policy responses to them. In responding... more...
Quality of Mercy
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 20.90Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Irene Anderson was determined to die with dignity. 1071 days later, her husband Ross fulfilled her wish, helping her to end her life with total disregard for the criminal implications. more...









