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Crossing over : genomics in the public arena / Edna Einsiedel & Frank Timmermans, editors.
- Title
- Crossing over : genomics in the public arena / Edna Einsiedel & Frank Timmermans, editors.
- Publication
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press, c2005.
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- Description
- 261 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 'Crossing Over' promotes reflection on the socio-ethical, and policy and regulatory aspects of genomics and biotechnology. This collection of essays illuminates the common themes surrounding this hotly contested issue and considers the politics, public perception, ethics, media representations and future possibilities of genomics.
- Subject
- Biotechnology > Congresses
- Genomics > Congresses
- Communication in biotechnology
- Biotechnology > Moral and ethical aspects
- Genomics > Public opinion
- Nanotechnology
- Biotechnologie > Congrès
- Génomique > Congrès
- Communication en biotechnologie
- Biotechnologie > Aspect moral
- Génomique > Opinion publique
- Nanotechnologie
- Biotechnology > Social aspects > Congresses
- Genomics > Social aspects > Congresses
- Genetic engineering > Social aspects > Congresses
- Biotechnology
- Genomics
- Public Opinion
- Public Policy
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Note
- Essays from the conference held Apr. 25-27, 2003, Kananaskis, Alta.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The challenge of creating, protecting & exploiting networked knowledge / Peter W.B. Phillips -- From bank to bench to pharmacy shelf: biotechonolgy & the culture of finance / Usher Fleising & Charles Mather -- Agricultural biotechnology in Europe at the crossroads / Helge Torgersen -- Angels of vision: stakeholders & human embryonic stem cell policy development / Robin Downey, Rose Geransar & Edna Einsiedel -- Involving communities: a matter of trust & communication / Béatrice Godard -- Canadian attitudes to genetically modified food / Michelle Veeman [and others] -- Media representations of genetic research / Tania M. Bubela & Timopthy Caulfield -- Lay people actively process messages about genetics / Celeste M. Condit -- Telling technological tales: the media & the evolution of biotechnology / Edna Einsiedel -- Ethical analysis of representation in the governance of biotechnology / Michael M. Burgess -- The regulation of animal biotechnology: at the crossroads of law & ethics / Lyne Létourneau -- Second thoughts on biobanks: the Icelandic experience / Gardar Árnason -- In search of nanoscale economics: intellectual property & nano-mercantilism in the pre-assembler & assembler stages of nanotechnology / Michael D. Mehta & Linda Goldenberg -- Inhuman, superhuman, or posthuman? images of genetic futures / Jon Turney -- The future of genomics / Peter W.B. Phillips and Edna Einsiedel.
- ISBN
- 1552381919 :
- OCLC
- 61300736
- SCSB-10241978
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library