Biotechnology and the challenge of property:property rights in dead bodies, body parts, and genetic information

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nwabueze Remigius N 1968-
Published: Ashgate,
Publisher Address: Aldershot, England Burlington, VT
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Medical law and ethics
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Carrier Form: xxi, 367 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0754671682 (alk. paper)
9780754671688 (alk. paper)
Index Number: D912
CLC: D912.1
Call Number: D912.1/N992
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-356) and index.
The nature, uses and meaning of property -- Biotechnology and the property jurisprudence on the human body and parts -- Cultural and ontological contexts of biotechnology and the human body -- DNA banks and proprietary interests in biosamples and genetic information -- Remedies for interference with dead bodies and body parts : property and non-property approaches -- Property and traditional knowledge.