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Genomics and society : legal, ethical and social dimensions / edited by George Gaskell and Martin W. Bauer.

Title
Genomics and society : legal, ethical and social dimensions / edited by George Gaskell and Martin W. Bauer.
Publication
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Gaskell, George
  • Bauer, Martin W.
Description
xvi, 261 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Science in society series
Uniform Title
Science in society series.
Alternative Title
Genomics & society
Subject
  • Medical genetics
  • Genomics
  • Medical genetics > Social aspects
  • Medical genetics > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Genomics > Social aspects
  • Genomics > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Genetic Engineering > ethics
  • Genomics > ethics
  • Bioethical Issues
  • Organisms, Genetically Modified
  • Public Policy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The genomic society and its public : introduction -- Dilemmas of genetic information -- Spare parts for human bodies -- Moving the goalposts in bioethics -- Whom to trust with genes on the menu? -- Public mobilization and policy consequences -- The coming of age of public participation -- Issue salience and media framing over 30 years -- The politics of bioethics -- The monster in the public imagination -- Towards a global pop culture of genes? -- Competing voices, contrasting frames in North America -- Transatlantic tensions over GM crops and foods : diverging perspectives -- The Japanese experience -- Paradoxes of resistance in Brazil.
ISBN
  • 1844071138 (hardback)
  • 9781844071135
LCCN
^^2006000302
OCLC
62885421
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library