The human embryonic stem cell debate : science, ethics, and public policy.

Human embryonic stem cells can divide indefinitely and have the potential to develop into many types of tissue. Research on these cells is essential to one of the most intriguing medical frontiers, regenerative medicine. It also raises a host of difficult ethical issues and has sparked great public...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Holland, Suzanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2012
Subjects:
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000003i 4500
001 in00000152303
006 m o d
007 cr cnu|||unuuu
008 141103s2012 enk o 000 0 eng d
005 20240701204700.9
019 |a 939263690 
020 |a 9780262275569  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0262275562  |q (electronic bk.) 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000056369910 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV044105234 
035 |a (OCoLC)894237327  |z (OCoLC)939263690 
035 |a (OCoLC)ocn894237327 
037 |a 37336A30-6F4C-4AA3-9488-A11E8C8A9DC9  |b OverDrive, Inc.  |n http://www.overdrive.com 
037 |a 3595  |b MIT Press 
037 |a 9780262275569  |b MIT Press 
040 |a TEFOD  |b eng  |e rda  |e pn  |c TEFOD  |d TEF  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCF  |d TEFOD  |d OCLCQ  |d EBLCP  |d OCLCO  |d ZCU  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d ICG  |d OCLCQ  |d MITPR  |d DKC  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d K6U  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL 
050 4 |a QM608 
082 0 4 |a 174.2  |2 21 
100 1 |a Holland, Suzanne. 
245 1 4 |a The human embryonic stem cell debate :  |b science, ethics, and public policy. 
264 1 |a Cambridge :  |b MIT Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a 1 online resource 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
505 0 |a Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I -- The Science and Background of Human Embryonic Stem Cells; 1 -- Human Embryonic Stem Cells: A Primer on the Technology and Its Medical Applications ; 2 -- Human Embryonic Stem Cells ; 3 -- The Stem Cell Debate in Historical Context ; II -- Raising the Ethical Issues ; 4 -- On the Ethics and Politics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research ; 5 -- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Comments on the NBAC Report ; 6 -- NBAC's Arguments on Embryo Research: Strengths and Weaknesses. 
505 8 |a 7 -- Beyond the Embryo: A Feminist Appraisal of the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate III -- Angles of Vision ; 8 -- Stem Cell Research-A Jewish Perspective ; 9 -- The Ethics of the Eighth Day: Jewish Bioethics and Research on Human Embryonic Stem Cells; 10 -- Roman Catholic Views on Research Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells ; 11 -- Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Possible Approaches from a Catholic Perspective ; 12 -- Embryonic Stem Cells and the Theology of Dignity ; 13 -- Some Protestant Reflections; 14 -- On the Elusive Nature of Respect ; 15 -- Ethical Issues: A Secular Perspective. 
505 8 |a IV -- Public Discourse, Oversight, and the Role of Research in Society 16 -- From the Micro to the Macro ; 17 -- "Expert Bioethics" as Professional Discourse: The Case of Stem Cells ; 18 -- Stem Cells: Shaping the Future in Public Policy ; 19 -- Leaps and Boundaries: Expanding Oversight of Human Stem Cell Research ; 20 -- Jordan's Banks: A View from the First Years of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Glossary ; Contributors ; Index. 
520 |a Human embryonic stem cells can divide indefinitely and have the potential to develop into many types of tissue. Research on these cells is essential to one of the most intriguing medical frontiers, regenerative medicine. It also raises a host of difficult ethical issues and has sparked great public interest and controversy. This book offers a foundation for thinking about the many issues involved in human embryonic stem cell research. It considers questions about the nature of human life, the limits of intervention into human cells and tissues, and the meaning of our corporeal existence. The fact that stem cells may be derived from living embryos that are destroyed in the process or from aborted fetuses ties the discussion of stem cell research to the ongoing debates on abortion. In addition to these issues, the essays in the book touch on broader questions such as who should approve controversial research and what constitutes human dignity, respect, and justice. The book contains contributions from the Ethics Advisory Board of the Geron Coroporation; excerpts from expert testimony given before the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, which helped shape recent National Institutes of Health policy; and original analytical essays on the implications of this research. 
588 0 |a Vendor-supplied metadata. 
590 |a ProQuest Ebook Central  |b Ebook Central Academic Complete 
650 0 |a Human embryo  |x Research  |x Moral and ethical aspects. 
650 0 |a Stem cells  |x Research  |x Moral and ethical aspects. 
758 |i has work:  |a The human embryonic stem cell debate (Text)  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGGybtvXkhFXJQpGbWbkrC  |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Holland, Suzanne.  |t Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate : Science, Ethics, and Public Policy.  |d Cambridge : MIT Press, ©2015  |z 9780262082990 
852 |b E-Collections  |h ProQuest 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcphs/detail.action?docID=3338817  |z Full text (MCPHS users only)  |t 0 
938 |a EBL - Ebook Library  |b EBLB  |n EBL3338817 
947 |a FLO  |x pq-ebc-base 
999 f f |s a0d3649f-064e-419d-9d92-b40e11397bc7  |i d20aa925-24d9-4a69-8002-d45e47d312ee  |t 0 
952 f f |a Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences  |b Online  |c Online  |d E-Collections  |t 0  |e ProQuest  |h Other scheme 
856 4 0 |t 0  |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcphs/detail.action?docID=3338817  |y Full text (MCPHS users only)