Ethics, Law and Society

Contents: Introduction, SA,ren Holm and Jennifer Gunning; Part I Bioethics: On waving the embryos banner. Embryonic stem cell research and moral reasoning in recent reports from the USA, the Netherlands and France, Wybo Dondorp and Guido de Wert; Bioethics, procedural ethics, and misrepresentation in the stem cell debate, Benjamin Capps; Ethical, legal and social issues related to cell therapy, Carlos M. Romeo-Casabona; Boy or girl: should parents be allowed to choose the sex of their children?, Edgar Dahl; Bad science equals poor, not necessarily bad, ethics, David Hunter. Part II Ethics and Society: Dignity and older Europeans, Win Tadd; Guidelines for embryo donation for reproductive purposes in New Zealand: a child/family approach, Ken Daniels; Assisted reproduction and the welfare of the child, Sheila McLean; Body immortal, Judit SA!ndor; Masculinity, reproductivity and law, Michael Thomson; Being natural: an exploration of the natural in the writings of Hans Christian Andersen, SA,ren Holm. Part III Business and Professional Ethics: Genes for sale: ethical reflections on donors' proprietary rights in human genetic derivatives, Taiwo A. Oriola; 4x4s cars and the city: what are the limits of vehicle manufacturer responsibility?, Peter Wells; From 'Jim Crow' to 'John Doe': reparations, corporate liability and the limits of private law, James Davey; A crisis of professional self-regulation: the example of the solicitors' profession, Mark Davies. Part IV Commentaries: The national DNA database: why no public debate?, Mairi Levitt; Can the cell nuclear replacement technique be used to overcome genetic disease?, Natasha Hammond; The human condition and the pursuit of perfection in human reproduction, Jennifer Gunning; Drug testing and the use of healthy volunteers, Sam Salek; The Assisted Dying Bill: 'death tourism' and European law, John Coggon and SA,ren Holm; Could do better? Hegemony and freedom in cyberspace, Ian Kenway; Treatment in time of sudden infectious pandemic: the need for a proactive, practical, proportionate, prophylactic; ethical response to the threat of pandemic influenza, Stephen Pattison and H. Martyn Evans; Toy stories, horror stories and fairy tales, Stephen Hogan; Herceptin in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer, Daniela D. Rosa and Gordon C. Jayson; End of life decision-making: the implications of the Court of Appeal decision in Burke v General Medical Council, Phil Fennell; Does nanotechnology require a new 'nanoethics'?, SA,ren Holm; Medically assisted procreation in Italy: the referendum and the Roman Catholic Church, Norman Doe, Javier Oliva and Cristiana Cianitto; From fridge mountains to food mountains? Tackling the UK food waste problem, Samarthia Thankappan; A gain for autonomy and reproductive choice: the issue of 'saviour siblings' resolved, Jennifer Gunning; Human rights and gypsies: it is time for a rethink, Luke Clements; Forgetting to be nice: the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's preliminary recommendations concerning drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, SA,ren Holm; Index.

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• Ética e filosofia moral
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