Screen LibraryGenomics and society：legal, ethical and social dimensions
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Earthscan,
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| Publisher Address: | London Sterling, VA |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Science in society series |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 261 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1844071138 (hardback) 9781844071135 |
| Index Number: | R394 |
| CLC: | R394-05 |
| Call Number: | R394-05/G335 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 e |