Screen LibraryCross-cultural biotechnology
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Rowman & Littlefield,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xviii, 202 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0742532666 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0742532674 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q81 |
| CLC: | Q81-05 |
| Call Number: | Q81-05/C951 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The need for cross-cultural perspectives in biotechnology / Michael C. Brannigan -- Commercialization and benefit sharing of biotechnology: cross-cultural concerns? / Donald Chalmers -- The International Human Genome Project: an overview / Michael J. Morgan and Susan E. Wallace -- Ethical and legal aspects of biotechnology / Ryuichi Ida -- The ethics and policy issues in creating a stem cell donor: a case study in reproductive genetics / Jeffrey P. Kahn and Anna C. Mastroianni -- Optimizing safety and benefits of genetic testing: a look at the Canadian policy / Mylhne Deschjnes -- Experimentation on human embryos: the bioethical discussion in Europe with special attention to Austria and Germany / Henrich Ganthaler -- The cultural challenge of biotechnology in post-communist Europe / Larissa P. Zhiganova and Yuri M. Gariev -- Why is this gene different from all other genes? the Jewish approach to biotechnology / Edward Reichman -- Islamic perspectives on biotechnology / Bushra Mirza -- Agricultural biotechnology in African countries / Martin O. Makinde -- Autonomy, humane medicine, and research ethics: an East Asian perspecitve / David Kum-Wah Chan -- Indigenous knowledge, patenting, and the biotechnology industry / Stella Gonzalez Arnal -- Cross-cultural issues in balancing patent rights and consumer access to biotechnological and pharmaceutical inventions / Dianne Nicol -- Media, biotechnology, and culture / Margaret Coffey -- Tricksters, the plague, and mirrors: biotechnology, bioterrorism, and justice / Katharine R. Meacham and Jo Ann T. Croom. |