Who Owns Life?
With the mapping of the human genome and the development of cloning and other genetic engineering techniques, scientists have embarked upon a whole new era of biomedical research and with it a maze of complex ethical and legal questions. Do isolated gene sequences constitute ôinventionsö that warrant patent protection? What about cloned organisms, or new life forms engineered from pre-existing tissue? Do scientists have the right to claim individual patents on and make profits from the elements of life? How does the profit motive affect our attitudes toward the value of life? Will patent protection foster or hinder scientific cooperation and…
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Weitere Autoren: Caplan, Arthur L. / McGee, Glenn
- ISBN: 978-1-57392-986-8
- EAN: 9781573929868
- Produktnummer: 9690049
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
Über den Autor
David Magnus is assistant professor of bioethics at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania and the associate editor of the American Journal of Bioethics. Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, is the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City. Prior to coming to NYU School of Medicine, Dr. Caplan was the Sidney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, where he created the Center for Bioethics and the Department of Medical Ethics. Caplan has also taught at the University of Minnesota, where he founded the Center for Biomedical Ethics, the University of Pittsburgh, and Columbia University. He received his PhD from Columbia University. Dr. Caplan is the author or editor of thirty-five books and over 725 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Glenn McGee is assistant professor of bioethics, philosophy, Center for Bioethics, the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Bioethics, and the author of The Perfect Baby.
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